Verran is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherred region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Malm. Other villages in Verran include Follafoss, Sela, Verrabotn, and Verrastranda.

The 602-square-kilometre (232 sq mi) municipality is the 184th largest by area out of the 426 municipalities in Norway. Verran is the 297th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,515. The municipality's population density is 4.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (12/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 4.1% over the last decade.

The municipality of Verran was established on 1 January 1901 when the old municipality of Mosvik og Verran was divided into Mosvik and Verran municipalities. The initial population of Verran was 1,456. On 1 January 1964, the municipality of Malm (population: 2,975) to the north was merged with Verran (population: 1,803) to form the present municipality of Verran. After the merger, there were 4,778 residents in Verran. On 1 January 1968, the Framverran area on the south side of the Verrasundet fjord (population: 395) was transferred from Verran to Mosvik.

On 1 January 2020 the municipality of Verran will merge with the neighboring municipality of Steinkjer to form a new, larger municipality of Steinkjer.

The municipality is named after the Verrasundet fjord (Old Norse: Veri), which is an arm of the great Trondheimsfjord. The meaning of the old name is probably "the quiet one" or "the fjord with still water".

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