Nes Municipality (Hedmark)
Nes Municipality
Nes herred | |
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View of the Nes area | |
Hedmark within Norway | |
Nes within Hedmark | |
| Coordinates: 60°45′44″N 10°56′29″E / 60.76222°N 10.94139°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hedmark |
| District | Hedmarken |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Ringsaker Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Tingnes |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1947–1964) | Leonard Teksum (Ap) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 176.9 km2 (68.3 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #403 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 486 m (1,594 ft) |
| Population (1963) | |
• Total | 4,195 |
| • Rank | #206 in Norway |
| • Density | 23.7/km2 (61/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −2.5% |
| Demonym | Nesning |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0411 |
Nes is a former municipality in the old Hedmark county, Norway. The 177-square-kilometre (68 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Ringsaker Municipality in the traditional district of Hedmarken. The administrative centre was the village of Tingnes where Nes Church is located. The largest village in Nes was Stavsjø where the Stavsjø Church is located. The municipality included the Nes peninsula and the island of Helgøya which both are surrounded by the large lake Mjøsa, Norway's largest lake.
Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the 176.9-square-kilometre (68.3 sq mi) municipality was the 403rd largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Nes Municipality was the 206th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 4,195. The municipality's population density was 23.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (61/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 2.5% over the previous 10-year period.