Frosta Municipality
Frosta Municipality
Frosta kommune | |
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| Frosten herred (historic name) | |
Frosta seen from Hellan looking towards Trondheim | |
Trøndelag within Norway | |
Frosta within Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 63°36′14″N 10°46′28″E / 63.60389°N 10.77444°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Trøndelag |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Alstad |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019) | Frode Revhaug (H) |
| Area | |
• Total | 76.32 km2 (29.47 sq mi) |
| • Land | 74.28 km2 (28.68 sq mi) |
| • Water | 2.04 km2 (0.79 sq mi) 2.7% |
| • Rank | #338 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 368.08 m (1,207.61 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 2,645 |
| • Rank | #247 in Norway |
| • Density | 34.7/km2 (90/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −0.3% |
| Demonym | Frosting |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-5036 |
| Website | Official website |
Frosta is the smallest municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The administrative centre is the village of Alstad (also known as Frosta). Other villages in Frosta include Logtun, Nordfjæra, Småland, Sørgrenda, and Tautra. The municipality is located along the Trondheimsfjord, on the Frosta peninsula, northeast of the city of Trondheim. It also includes the island of Tautra which is connected to the mainland by a 2.5-kilometre (1.6 mi) causeway bridge.
The 76-square-kilometre (29 sq mi) municipality is the 338th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Frosta is the 247th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,645. The municipality's population density is 34.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (90/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 0.3% over the previous 10-year period.