Stjørdal Municipality

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() is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Stjørdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Stjørdal (also called Stjørdalshalsen). Some of the villages in the municipality include Elvran, Flornes, Hegra, Hell, Kvithammer, Prestmoen, Skatval, Skjelstadmarka, Sona, and Værnes.
The 938 km2 municipality is the 125th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Stjørdal is the 51st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 24,717. The municipality's population density is 26.3 PD/km2}} and its population has increased by 9% over the previous 10-year period.
The municipality is well-known for the village of Hell which is located south of Stjørdalshalsen. Hell is especially known for its train station, Hell Station, where you find the old sign saying (meaning "Cargo handling").
In 1997, the municipal council declared Stjørdalshalsen to have town status. Stjørdal is one of the fastest-growing municipalities in Trøndelag due to its proximity to the city of Trondheim and also to Statoil's presence (it controls a large part of the petroleum activity in the Norwegian Sea from Stjørdal).

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