Bjørnør is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county in Norway. The 865 km2 municipality existed from 1838 until 1892 in what was at that time the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway. It encompassed the area of what is now Osen Municipality and part of Åfjord Municipality, much of the western part of the Fosen peninsula in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Roan where Roan Church is located. Bjørnør Municipality bordered Aafjord Municipality to the south and Nordre Trondhjem county to the north and west. Prior to its dissolution in 1892, the 865 km2 municipality had a population of about 4,766.

General information

The municipality of Bjørnør was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 15 January 1892, the King approved a royal resolution to split up Bjørør Municipality. The law went into effect on 1 June 1892 when Bjørnør Municipality ceased to exist. On that day it was divided into three parts: Osen Municipality (population: 1,575) in the north, Roan Municipality (population: 2,069) in the centre, and Stoksund Municipality (population: 1,122) in the south.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named Bjørnør after the historic name for the area. The first element plural genitive case of the word which means "bear". The last element is which means "gravel" or "coarse sand".

Churches

The Church of Norway had one parish (sokn) within Bjørnør Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Bjørnør prestegjeld and the Fosen prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros.

Geography

The highest point in the municipality was the 644.3 m tall mountain Dåapma a tripoint border point between Bjørnør Municipality, Aafjord Municipality, and Beitstaden Municipality.

Government

While it existed, Bjørnør Municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Frostating Court of Appeal.

Mayors

The mayor of Bjørnør was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who held this position: