Melhus Municipality

municipality in Trøndelag, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Trøndelag
District: Gauldalen
Established: 1 Jan 1838
Created as: Formannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centre: Melhus
Mayor 2023: Einar Gimse-Syrstad ( Ap )
Total: 694.41 km (268.11 sq mi)
Land: 653.33 km (252.25 sq mi)
Water: 41.08 km (15.86 sq mi) 5.9%
Rank: # 166 in Norway
Highest elevation: 929.88 m (3,050.8 ft)
Density: 25.3/km (66/sq mi)
Change 10 years: +10.8%
Demonym: Melhusbygg
Norwegian form: Neutral
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+02:00 ( CEST )

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Wikidata facts

Demonym: melhusbygg
Population: 17828
Area: 1.41
Official website: www.melhus.kommune.no
Image: Melhus sentrum.JPG
Households: 412

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Commons category: Melhus
native label: Melhus

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Melhus is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Melhus. Other villages include Gåsbakken, Hovin, Korsvegen, Kvål, Ler, Lundamo, Storsand, and Øysand.

The 694-square-kilometre (268 sq mi) municipality is the 166th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Melhus Municipality is the 74th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 17,560. The municipality's population density is 25.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (66/sq mi) and its population has increased by 10.8% over the previous 10-year period.