Selbu Municipality
Selbu kommune | |
|---|---|
 Part of Selbustrand and Selbusjøen | |
 Flag | |
 Trøndelag within Norway | |
 Selbu within Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 63°11′54″N 11°08′25″E / 63.19833°N 11.14028°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Trøndelag |
| District | Neadalen |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Mebonden |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2015) | Ole Morten Balstad (Ap) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,234.86 km2 (476.78 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,139.94 km2 (440.13 sq mi) |
| • Water | 94.90 km2 (36.64 sq mi) 7.7% |
| • Rank | #86 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 4,144 |
| • Rank | #199 in Norway |
| • Density | 3.6/km2 (9/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  +2.8% |
| Demonym | Selbygg[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-5032[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Selbu is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Mebonden. Other villages in Selbu include Flora, Fossan, Hyttbakken, Innbygda, Selbustrand, Trøa, Tømra, and Vikvarvet.
The 1,235-square-kilometre (477 sq mi) municipality is the 86th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Selbu is the 199th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,144. The municipality's population density is 3.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (9.3/sq mi) and its population has increased by 2.8% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).