Sørli Municipality
Sørli is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1915 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now the southern part of Lierne Municipality in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Mebygda.
Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the municipality was the 51st largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Sørli Municipality was the 625th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 908. The municipality's population density was and its population had decreased by 0.5% over the previous 10-year period.
General information
The municipality of Sørli was established on 1 July 1915 when the old Lierne Municipality was split in two parts: Nordli Municipality in the north and Sørli Municipality in the south. The old Lierne Municipality had been created on 1 January 1874 when it was separated from the large Snåsa Municipality. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the neighboring Sørli Municipality and Nordli Municipality were reunited to once again form Lierne Municipality.Name
The municipal name is named after the old name for the region which means "mountainside". Historically, the prefix Finna- was often added to the name: Finnahlíð. This prefix is the plural genitive case of which means "Sami person" because the district was historically populated by Sami people prior to the arrival of ethnic Norwegians. Later, the prefix was dropped and the definite plural form of li was used, Lierne. In 1915, the old municipality was divided into two parts: Nordli and Sørli. The names of these new municipalities came from the older name. The definite singular form of the name was used,, and the prefix was added to show that this was the southern part of Li.Churches
The Church of Norway had one parish within Sørli Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Lierne prestegjeld and the Indre Namdal prosti in the Diocese of Nidaros.| Parish | Church name | Location of the church | Year built |
| Sørli | Sørli Church | Mebygda | 1876 |