Byneset is a

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located in

Trondheim Municipality Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populou ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was ...

county,

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. The area is located just west of the

city of Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and i ...

. The

Trondheimsfjorden The Trondheim Fjord or Trondheimsfjorden (), an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, is Norway's List of Norwegian fjords, third-longest fjord at long. It is located in the west-central part of the country in Trøndelag county, and it stretches from Ørl ...

lies to the north, Orkdalsfjorden lies to the west, and the Gaulosen bay lies to the south. The villages of Spongdal and Langørjan are both located on the headland. In 1999, the 18-hole

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, ''Byneset Golfsenter'', was built. Anne B. Ragde's novel trilogy Berlinerpoplene – Eremittkrepsene – Ligge i grønne enger (2004–2007) is set in Byneset.

Geography

Byneset is separated from the city of Trondheim by the Bymarka area which is a mountainous, forested area, while Byneset is generally more flat, agricultural land.

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and

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are the main industries in the area, and there is significant grain and milk production. The landscape in the west is relatively flat, with well-cultivated fields and some

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(Høstadmyra), while in the east it is heavily hilly with forests and mountains. The highest peak is Storheia at above sea level.

History

Byneset was populated very early and is rich in archaeological finds from the

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, and

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. The Byneset Church is a stone church from the 1170s with an altarpiece and pulpit from the 17th century. The church is still in use and it is located on county road 831, about west of the village of Spongdal. The Byneset area was historically part of

Byneset Municipality Byneset is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality of Byneset encompassed the western part of what is now Trondheim Municipality in T ...

which existed from 1838 until 1964. In May 2025, a long container ship ran aground off the Northeastern coast of Byneset. The Cypriot-flagged ship, ''NCL Salten'' narrowly missed hitting a house. A quick clay landslide slowly started developing and is about to undermine a house near the coast, likely as a result of the ship wreck.

Name

The area has been named ''Bynes'' or ''Byneset'' since the mid-1400s. The first element is the name of the old ''By'' farm () which means "

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". The last element is the old name (1400s and earlier) for the medieval

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for this area, , which is the word for "

References

{{authority control Geography of Trondheim Headlands of Norway Trondheimsfjord