Skaun

Skaun Municipality
Skaun kommune
Børseskognen herred  (historic name)
View of the local Skaun Church
View of the local Skaun Church
Trøndelag within Norway
Trøndelag within Norway
Skaun within Trøndelag
Skaun within Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°16′53″N 10°03′19″E / 63.28139°N 10.05528°E / 63.28139; 10.05528
CountryNorway
CountyTrøndelag
DistrictOrkdalen
Established1 Jan 1890
 • Preceded byBørsa Municipality
Administrative centreBørsa
Government
 • Mayor (2023)Tove Sommerschild (Ap)
Area
 • Total224.20 km2 (86.56 sq mi)
 • Land213.17 km2 (82.31 sq mi)
 • Water11.03 km2 (4.26 sq mi)  4.9%
 • Rank#297 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total8,441
 • Rank#127 in Norway
 • Density39.6/km2 (103/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +18.2%
DemonymSkauning[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-5029[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Skaun is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Børsa. Other villages include Buvika, Eggkleiva, Melby, Skaun, and Viggja.

Skaun is predominantly rural, but is nonetheless situated only 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Norway's third largest city, Trondheim. Most inhabitants, except agricultural and public sector workers, work outside of Skaun in Trondheim, Orkanger, or Melhus. The European route E39 runs east to west across the northern part of the municipality and Norwegian County Road 709 runs north and south through the municipality.

The 224-square-kilometre (86 sq mi) municipality is the 297th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Skaun is the 127th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 8,441. The municipality's population density is 39.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (103/sq mi) and its population has increased by 18.2% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).