Selbu Municipality
Selbu Municipality
Selbu kommune | |
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Part of Selbustrand and Selbusjøen | |
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 | 1,234.84 km2 (476.77 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 |
| Highest elevation | 1,441.37 m (4,728.90 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 4,216 |
| • Rank | #200 in Norway |
| • Density | 3.4/km2 (9/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +4.6% |
| Demonym | Selbygg |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-5032 |
| 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 357 municipalities in Norway. Selbu is the 200th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,216. The municipality's population density is 3.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.8/sq mi) and its population has increased by 4.6% over the previous 10-year period.