Tiller is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag

Sør-Trøndelag

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 county, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. Tiller encompassed part of the south central part of the present-day municipality of Trondheim

Trondheim

Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...

. The local Tiller Church

Tiller Church

Tiller Church is a parish church in the municipality of Trondheim in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the Tiller area in the city of Trondheim. The church is part of the Tiller parish in the Heimdal deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros....

 was built shortly after the creation of the municipality (1901) to serve its residents.

History

The municipality of Tiller was established on 1 January 1899 when the northwestern part of the municipality of Klæbu

Klæbu

Klæbu is a village and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the southern part of the Trondheim Region, about south of the city of Trondheim. The administrative center is the village of Klæbu. The other major village in Klæbu is Tanem.The village of Klæbu is located...

 was split off to form a separate municipality. Initially, Tiller had a population of 533. On 1 January 1964, Tiller was incorporated into the urban municipality of Trondheim

Trondheim

Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...

, along with Leinstrand

Leinstrand

Leinstrand is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The area of Leinstrand encompasses the south central part of the city of Trondheim. The local Leinstrand Church was built in 1673.-History:...

, Strinda

Strinda

Strinda is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The area encompassed the eastern part of the present-day municipality of Trondheim south and east of the main city center all the way southeast to the lake Jonsvatnet.-History:...

, and Byneset

Byneset

Byneset is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The largest village in Byneset is Spongdal, other villages include Byneset and Langørjan. The municipality of Byneset encompassed the western part of present-day Trondheim municipality. It sits along an arm of the Trondheimsfjord,...

. Prior to the merger, Tiller had a population of 3,595.