Budal is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag

Sør-Trøndelag

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 county, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It encompassed the Bua and Ena river valleys in the south-central part of the present-day municipality of Midtre Gauldal

Midtre Gauldal

Midtre Gauldal is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Støren...

. The administrative center of Budal was the village of Enodden

Enodden

Enodden is a village in the municipality of Midtre Gauldal in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at the confluence of the Bua and Ena rivers, about south of Rognes. It is in the Budal valley and is the location of Budal Church. Enodden was the administrative center of the former...

 where the Budal Church

Budal Church

Budal Church is a parish church in the municipality of Midtre Gauldal in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located in the village of Enodden...

 was also located.

History

Budal was established as a municipality in 1879 when it was separated from the municipality of Støren

Støren

is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality is located in the north-central part of the present-day municipality of Midtre Gauldal. The municipal center of Støren was the village of Støren, where Støren Church is located....

 (see formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt was the name for a Norwegian local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January 1837...

). Initially, Budal had a population of 585. On 1 January 1964, Budal was merged together with the municipalities of Singsås

Singsås

Singsås is a village and former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It encompassed the eastern part of the present-day municipality of Midtre Gauldal. The administrative center was the village of Singsås, where the Singsås Church is also located...

, Soknedal

Soknedal

Soknedal is a village and former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the western part of the present-day municipality of Midtre Gauldal. The administrative center of the municipality was the village of Soknedal, where the Soknedal Church is located...

, and Støren

Støren

is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality is located in the north-central part of the present-day municipality of Midtre Gauldal. The municipal center of Støren was the village of Støren, where Støren Church is located....

 to form the new municipality of Midtre Gauldal

Midtre Gauldal

Midtre Gauldal is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Støren...

. Before the merger, Budal had a population of 529.