Verdal
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Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Trøndelag
- District
- Innherad
- Established
- 1 Jan 1838
- Created as
- Formannskapsdistrikt
- Administrative centre
- Verdalsøra
- Mayor 2023
- Knut Snorre Sandnes ( H )
- Total
- 1,547.81 km (597.61 sq mi)
- Land
- 1,474.91 km (569.47 sq mi)
- Water
- 72.90 km (28.15 sq mi) 4.7%
- Rank
- # 53 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 1,089.97 m (3,576.0 ft)
- Density
- 9.8/km (25/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- +2.7%
- Demonym
- Verdaling
- Norwegian form
- Neutral
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
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Encyclopedic overview
Verdal is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Verdalsøra. Some villages in the municipality include Forbregd/Lein, Lysthaugen, Stiklestad, Trones, Vera, Vinne, and Vuku.
The 1,548-square-kilometre (598 sq mi) municipality is the 53rd largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Verdal Municipality is the 81st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 15,193. The municipality's population density is 9.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (25/sq mi) and its population has increased by 2.7% over the previous 10-year period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Verdal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.