Lånke


Lånke was a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1902 until its dissolution in 1962. The municipality was located south of the Stjørdalselva river in what is now the south-central part of Stjørdal municipality in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre was located in the village of Hell. The famous Hell Station in the village of Hell is situated in the westernmost part of Lånke. There are two churches in Lånke: Lånke Church and Elvran Chapel. Historically, this parish was also known as Leksdal. Lånke is an area dominated by agriculture and forests.

History

The municipality of Laanke was created on 1 January 1902 when the old municipality of Nedre Stjørdal was split into three new municipalities: Laanke, Stjørdal, and Skatval. On 1 January 1914 the small Jøssås area of southwestern Laanke was transferred to the neighboring municipality of Malvik which at that time was in the neighboring county of Sør-Trøndelag. The spelling of the municipality was later changed to Lånke. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1962, the neighboring municipalities of Lånke, Stjørdal, Hegra, and Skatval merged to form a new, larger municipality of Stjørdal.

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Lånke, are responsible for primary education, outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elects a mayor.

Municipal council

The municipal council of Lånke was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows: