Leinstrand 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...

. The area of Leinstrand encompasses the south central part of the city of Trondheim. The local Leinstrand Church

Leinstrand Church

Leinstrand Church is a parish church in the municipality of Trondheim in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the Leinstrand area in the city of Trondheim. The church is part of the Leinstrand parish in the Heimdal deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros....

 was built in 1673.

History

The municipality of Leinstrand was established on 1 January 1838 (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...

). According to the 1835 census, Leinstrand had a population of 1,165. On 1 January 1964, Leinstrand was incorporated into the urban municipality of Trondheim

Trondheim

Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...

, along with Byneset

Byneset

Byneset is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The largest village in Byneset is Spongdal, other villages include Byneset and Langørjan. The municipality of Byneset encompassed the western part of present-day Trondheim municipality. It sits along an arm of the Trondheimsfjord,...

, Strinda

Strinda

Strinda is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The area encompassed the eastern part of the present-day municipality of Trondheim south and east of the main city center all the way southeast to the lake Jonsvatnet.-History:...

, and Tiller

Tiller, Norway

Tiller is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. Tiller encompassed part of the south central part of the present-day municipality of Trondheim...

. Prior to the merger, Leinstrand had a population of 4,193.