Stadsbygd is a village in
Indre Fosen
Indre Fosen is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Fosen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Årnset. Other villages in Indre Fosen include Askjem, Dalbygda, H ...
municipality in
Trøndelag
Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmar ...
county,
Norway
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. The village is located at the southern end of the
Fosen peninsula in a wide, flat valley, just east of the village of
Askjem, along the north side of the
Trondheimsfjord. The village of
Rørvika lies about to the east, and that is where the
Flakk–Rørvik Ferry links the area with the city of
Trondheim
Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, an ...
to the southeast. The municipal centre of
Ã…rnset
Årnset (also known as Rissa) is the administrative centre of the municipality of Indre Fosen in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the north shore of the lake Botn about south of the village of Hasselvika and about north of the vil ...
lies about to the northwest.
The village was the
administrative centre
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, L ...
of the old
municipality of Stadsbygd that existed until 1964. The main church for the village and surrounding area is
Stadsbygd Church, located just south of the village of Stadsbygd.
Notable residents
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Nils Waltersen Aasen (1878–1925), Norwegian inventor
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Oddmund Raudberget (born 1932), artist, painter, and sculptor
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References
Rissa, Norway
Indre Fosen
Villages in Trøndelag
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