Innherred

Innherred (Bokmål) or Innherad (Nynorsk) is a traditional district in Trøndelag county in the central part of Norway.

The district includes the municipalities of Levanger, Frosta, Verdal, Inderøy, and Steinkjer.

Historically, the municipalities of Snåsa and Namdalseid have sometimes also been included in the Innherred district.

The area encompasses about 7,913 square kilometres (3,055 sq mi) and about 68,062 residents (2004).

However, attempts to solidify the Innherred region have generally failed; a referendum in 2016 to combine the municipalities of Levanger and Verdal, whose main towns were just 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away from each other, and which would've seen Levanger increase from the 62nd most populated municipality in Norway[2] to approximately 30th, was overwhelmingly rejected in Verdal.

Current map of Innherred, marked in light purple, after various county and municipality merges in 2019-22. Compare and contrast with the Trondheim Region , which is marked in dark red.
Map of Innherred in Nord-Trøndelag before the 2019 county merger. The leftmost part of the map shows a part of what is today Indre Fosen Municipality in the Trondheim Region .
The city of Steinkjer .