Mosvik

Mosvik was a Norwegian municipality in Nord-Trøndelag. It covered an area of ​​219.4 km ² on a peninsula from Nordviksund, Skarnsund (via a 1010 m long bridge to the peninsula Inderoy leads ) and Verrasund is enclosed within the Trondheim Fjord. On the peninsula of the lake is Meltingen. On 1 January 2011 Mosvik counted 814 inhabitants. On 1 January 2012, the municipality was merged with Inderoy. The seat of government was in the village of Mosvik. Other settlements were Trangsund, Hovd, Hindberg, Vika, Vestvik, Meltingen Lia, Hamstad, Venneshamn, Kvennavik, Vinje Bruk, Vinjesjøen, Kjerringvik, Duklett, Saltvikhamn, Sliper and Kalldalen.

It was a town whose main source of income was agriculture and forestry. The forestry sector was represented by the two green tips on the silver surface. The dairy industry was the main production. 80 annual hours 59 were used on milk production. In 30 production units 2.2 million liters of milk were produced annually.

In Mosvik there are ancient rock carvings in the district Venneshamn. Shown are several halibut. The municipality belonged in ancient times to the Frostathing.

In the former municipality, the Mossa, a river that counted until the early eighties to the best waters for small salmon in Norway flows. 1984, a hydroelectric plant was put into operation, which cut off the entire main tributary of Mossa and diverting. The salmon then immediately collapsed, now an only marginal residual inventory is maintained by artificial means. This is quite noteworthy, as the municipality has hereby lost their only real tourist attraction.