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Sparbu (municipality)
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Sparbu is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 259-square-kilometre (100 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. It encompassed the southwestern part of what is now the municipality of Steinkjer, south of the town of Steinkjer, east of the Børgin bay off the Trondheimsfjorden, and southwest of the Ogndalen valley. The administrative centre was the village of Sparbu.[3]
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Sparbu Municipality
Sparbu kommune | |
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![]() View of the Vådal area in southern Sparbu | |
![]() Nord-Trøndelag within Norway | |
![]() Sparbu within Nord-Trøndelag | |
Coordinates: 63°55′08″N 11°25′58″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Nord-Trøndelag |
District | Innherred |
Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
• Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
• Succeeded by | Steinkjer Municipality |
Administrative centre | Sparbu |
Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 259 km2 (100 sq mi) |
Population (1964) | |
• Total | 4,027 |
• Density | 16/km2 (40/sq mi) |
Demonym | Sparbygg[1] |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-1731[2] |
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