page_title: Ytterøy
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Ytterøy / History
caption_attribution_description: English: The church on the island of Ytterøy in the Trondheimsfjord, Norway. Photo taken by Alan Ford, 2006-09-02.
context_page_description: Ytterøy is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. Originally, it was a large municipality that encompassed the island of Ytterøya and parts of the mainland to the northwest of the island on the west side of the Trondheimsfjord. By 1964 when it was dissolved, Ytterøy only included the 28 square kilometres island of Ytterøya. Since 1964, the island has been part of what is now the municipality of Levanger in Trøndelag county. The island is connected to the rest of Levanger by a ferry that crosses the Trondheimsfjord. The main church for the municipality was Ytterøy Church.
context_section_description: The prestegjeld of Ytterøy was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).  On 1 January 1867, the mainland part of the municipality was separated from Ytterøy to form the new municipality of Mosvik og Verran (population: 2,949).  This left a much smaller municipality of Ytterøy with 1,499 residents living on the island of Ytterøya.
  During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the municipality of Ytterøy was merged with the neighboring municipality of Levanger.  Prior to the merger, Ytterøy had 772 residents.
caption: Ytterøy Church
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