Bjørnør

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 the municipality of Osen along with the Roan and Stoksund areas in the present day municipality of Åfjord, all in the western part of the Fosen peninsula in Trøndelag county. Bjørnør bordered the municipality of Aafjord to the south and Nordre Trondhjem county to the north and west. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Roan where the Roan Church is located.

History
The municipality of Bjørnør was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 15 January 1892, the King approved a royal resolution to split up the municipality of Bjørør. It went into effect on 1 June 1892 when Bjørnør ceased to exist, and it was split into three new municipalities: Osen (population: 1,575), Roan (population: 2,069), and Stoksund (population: 1,122).

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

Government
During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.

Mayors
The mayors of Bjørnør:


 * 1838–1839: Tarald Eide
 * 1840–1841: Mathias Eide
 * 1842–1845: Christian Severin Houge
 * 1846–1851: Mathias Eide
 * 1852–1864: Peder Pedersen
 * 1864–1865: Ole Wilmann
 * 1866–1883: Fredrik Berg (H)
 * 1883-1883: Jakob Kristian Sørmelan (V)
 * 1884–1885: Johan Moses Møller (H)
 * 1886–1888: Harald Kjeldsberg
 * 1888–1889: Jens Larsen Hopstad
 * 1890–1891: Johan Moses Møller (H)
 * 1892-1892: John Hopstad (MV)