Skaun

coat of arms	map
	Skaun
Basic data
Commune number :	5029
Province  (county) :	Trøndelag
Coordinates :	63 ° 16 '  N , 10 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 63 ° 16 '  N , 10 ° 3'  E
Surface:	224.21 km²
Residents:	8,325  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density :	37 inhabitants per km²
Language form :	neutral
Website:	skaun.kommune.no
politics
Mayor :	Gunn Iversen Stokke  ( Sp ) (2019)
Location in the province of Trøndelag

Skaun is a commune (municipality) in Fylke Trøndelag in central Norway .

The administrative seat is in Børsa . Other settlements are Buvika , Venn , Viggja and Eggkleiva . The community is rural. Most residents commute to their workplaces in Trondheim, 25 kilometers to the east .

According to legend, the Viking Einar Tambarskjelve once moored his ship to four huge boulders ( bauta ) in Børsa ; these rocks - the Iron Age building stones of Børsa - have found their way into the municipal coat of arms .

The Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy by Nobel Prize winner Sigrid Undset has its setting to a large extent in the area, in medieval Husaby near Venn.

Web links

Commons : Skaun  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning