Stadsbygd

This article is about the village in Indre Fosen, Norway. For the former municipality in Norway, see Stadsbygd (municipality).

Stadsbygd is a village in Indre Fosen municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. 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 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) to the east, and that is where the Flakk–Rørvik Ferry links the area with the city of Trondheim to the southeast. The municipal centre of Årnset lies about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) to the northwest.

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Village
View of the village area in the distance
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Coordinates: 63.5104°N 10.0169°E / 63.5104; 10.0169
Country	Norway
Region	Central Norway
County	Trøndelag
District	Fosen
Municipality	Indre Fosen
Elevation [1]	30 m (100 ft)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	7105 Stadsbygd

The village was the administrative centre 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.^[2]

Notable residents

• Nils Waltersen Aasen (1878–1925), Norwegian inventor
• Oddmund Raudberget (born 1932), artist, painter, and sculptor
• See also: Indre_Fosen § Notable_people

References

1. "Stadsbygd, Indre Fosen (Trøndelag)". yr.no. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
2. Rosvold, Knut A., ed. (2015-01-02). "Stadsbygd – sogn". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-03-04.

Stadsbygd with Trondheimsfjord and Byneset in the background