Place:Skaun, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway

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NameSkaun
Alt namesBørseskognsource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeMunicipality
Located inSør-Trøndelag, Norway
source: Family History Library Catalog


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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 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 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 8,325. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 25.6% over the previous 10-year period.

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