Skaun Municipality
Skaun Municipality
Skaun kommune | |
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| Børseskognen herred (historic name) | |
View of the local Skaun Church | |
Trøndelag within Norway | |
Skaun within Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 63°16′53″N 10°03′19″E / 63.28139°N 10.05528°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Trøndelag |
| District | Orkdalen |
| Established | 1 Jan 1890 |
| • Preceded by | Børsa Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Børsa |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Tove Sommerschild (Ap) |
| Area | |
• Total | 224.20 km2 (86.56 sq mi) |
| • Land | 213.17 km2 (82.31 sq mi) |
| • Water | 11.03 km2 (4.26 sq mi) 4.9% |
| • Rank | #298 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 536.86 m (1,761.35 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 8,484 |
| • Rank | #128 in Norway |
| • Density | 37.8/km2 (98/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +14.8% |
| Demonym | Skauning |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-5029 |
| Website | Official 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.
The 224-square-kilometre (86 sq mi) municipality is the 298th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Skaun is the 128th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 8,484. The municipality's population density is 37.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (98/sq mi) and its population has increased by 14.8% over the previous 10-year period.
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 the municipality in Trondheim, Orkanger, or Melhus. The European route E39 highway runs east to west across the northern part of the municipality and Norwegian County Road 709 runs north and south through the municipality.