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Sor-Trondelag county consists of 25 municipalities and has a total area of ​​18,848 km². The county's longest river Orkla with its 179 km. The county has three locations as by political decisions termed cities: Trondheim, Brekstad and Orkanger. Roros is not a city, but one mining town. Trondheim is the county administration center. 59% of the county's residents live in Trondheim. South Trøndelag highest mountain is Storskrymten with its 1985 m., Located in the county border between Møre og Romsdal, Oppland and South Trondelag. Malvik Municipality Sor-Trondelag has two small exclave (Jøsåsgårdene) enclosed in Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag. Sør-Trøndelag is a Norwegian county in the north bordering the Nord-Trøndelag county, in the south against the Hedmark and Oppland, west toward og Romsdal and in the east to Jämtland in Sweden. Administration Center and largest city is Trondheim. From 1 January 2018 will be South Trondelag merged with Nord-Trondelag in the new county Trondelag. [1] Sør-Trøndelag, together with Nord-Trondelag Nidaros diocese. Central Norway Regional Health and Frostating Court includes Sør-Trøndelag, Nord-Trøndelag and Møre og Romsdal. It is estimated that the city was founded in the year 997 by Olav Tryggvason. Archaeological evidence suggests that there have been settlements around Nidelven expired even before the time beyond farms, probably boathouses for trading. It is made of burials confirming settlement on Nidar Neset central in today's downtown around 400 BC [3] By the end of 1000's the city grew very quickly. Among other filed a stone church at St. Olav's graveyard, where Nidaros Cathedral is today. There were also landscaped bridge over the river approximately where today Elgeseter bridge is located. In 1219 experienced Trondheim the first known town fire, and a few years later; in 1295, much of the town into ashes of another fire. When Nidaros archbishop seat was created in 1152 increased urban development further, and from the 1200s to know one to close 20 churches under the seat. There were also filed a number of monasteries in the city, including at Elgeseter, Ground Farm and Munkholmen. From the 1600s came increased trading town for good. The town began to grow westward, and the first settlement at Bakklandet occurred. In 1681 let the so-called Horn Mans fire in large parts of Trondheim in gravel, which led to Christian V decided that there would be a whole new urban Trondheim to prevent future fires from creating as large destruction. The task was given to the Luxembourg Major General Johan Caspar von Cicignon, which promoted a town with wide, straight streets with a central square. Despite this occurred several large fires through the 1700s and 1800s. It was promoted law on bricked vang on downtown buildings, but before this was passed the town should be built quickly with wooden buildings. Much of today's wooden building in the center stems from the mid-1800s. After World War II had large parts of the old buildings give way to the new businesses. Cicignons town from the late 1600s are still fairly prominent in today Trondheim.