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Melhus Municipality

municipality in Trøndelag, Norway
Organization Municipality Of Norway Q488762

Facts

25 properties

Identity

Instance of
municipality of Norway, organization[4]
Official website
www.melhus.kommune.no[17]
Legal form
kommune[28]
Native label
Melhus[36]

Location

Country
Norway[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 63.167°, 10.300°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Sør-Trøndelag, Trøndelag[1]

Industry and activity

Industry
general public administration activities[14]

Financials

Employees
+2149[26]
More facts +16
Area
1.41 (0–696.5, n=26)[37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50]
Capital
Melhus[5]
Demonym
melhusbygg, melhusbygg[35]
Has list
Grunnkretser i Melhus kommune
Head of government
Jorid Jagtøyen, Gunnar Krogstad, Jorid Jagtøyen[3]
Highest point
Rensfjellet[15]
Language used
Bokmål, Nynorsk
Main regulatory text
Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[12]
Number of households
412 (412–6.8k, n=6)[29][30][31][32][33][34]
Office held by the head of government
mayor of Melhus[27]
Official language
Bokmål[6]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Govdirectory
Population
18k (16k–18k, n=8)[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]
Shares border with
Trondheim municipality, Klæbu Municipality, Selbu Municipality, Midtre Gauldal Municipality, Meldal Municipality, Orkdal Municipality, Skaun Municipality, Orkland Municipality[7][8][9][10][11]
Significant event
boundary change, boundary change, boundary change[16]
Twinned administrative body
Kurikka[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Melhus Municipality ar ميلهاوس da Melhus Kommune de Melhus he מלהוס it Hølonda ja メルハス ja メルフス ro Comuna Melhus ru Мельхус sv Melhus kommun uk Мельгус zh 梅尔许斯
🔖 Identifiers · 25
ISNI
0000000404531749
VIAF cluster ID
126860640
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n2002027071
GND ID
4338972-7
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Melhus sentrum.JPG ↗
Data Commons ID
wikidataId/Q488762
Freebase ID
/m/0189w0
GNS Unique Feature ID
-270544
GeoNames ID
3146123
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 3146123 GND (DNB) 3146125 edition 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 ↗
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
melhus
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0475064
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Melhus
Show all 25 identifiers +13
INaturalist place ID
40356
KulturNav-ID
f9873d54-18b0-4284-82c3-1c43b53f098b
Lokalhistoriewiki.no article ID
Melhus_kommune
MusicBrainz area ID
9340c7ba-9128-4128-a3b1-672854c6daab
Norwegian municipality number
1653, 5028
Norwegian organisation number
938726027
OSM Name Suggestion Index ID
melhuskommune-ee5f1f
OpenStreetMap relation ID
406537
Ringgold ID
237017
SSR place name number
876091
Topic's main category
Category:Melhus
Who's on First ID
1159297511
Yale LUX ID
place/c0a8840e-49a4-47e0-b9e3-314f1b605c2a

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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 25
Gaula, Nordstern, Hovin, Korsvegen, Kvål, Lundamo, Ler, Benna +17 more
People born here 14
Ingrid Syrstad Engen, Anne Kjersti Kalvå, Magne Thomassen, Unni Lehn, Hartvig Nissen, Martin Tranmæl, Fredrik Riseth, Idar Andersen +6 more
Shares border with 8
Klæbu Municipality, Orkdal Municipality, Midtre Gauldal Municipality, Meldal Municipality, Skaun Municipality, Selbu Municipality, Orkland Municipality, Trondheim municipality
← Shares border with 8
Klæbu Municipality, Orkdal Municipality, Midtre Gauldal Municipality, Meldal Municipality, Skaun Municipality, Selbu Municipality, Orkland Municipality, Trondheim municipality
← Located in the present-day administrative territorial entity 3
Hølonda Municipality, Horg Municipality, Flå Municipality
← Merged into 3
Hølonda Municipality, Horg Municipality, Flå Municipality
Language used 2
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
Sør-Trøndelag, Trøndelag
Residents 2
Camilla Lund, Maren Grøthe
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 2
Sør-Trøndelag, Trøndelag
← Separated from 2
Hølonda Municipality, Flå Municipality
Capital 1
Melhus
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from Melhus Municipality
Country 1
Norway
Instance of 1
municipality of Norway
Located in time zone 1
UTC+01:00
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
WikiProject Govdirectory
People who died here 1
Hákon Sigurðsson
Topic's main category 1
Category:Melhus
Twinned administrative body 1
Kurikka
← Capital of 1
Melhus
← Category combines topics 1
Category:People from Melhus Municipality
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Melhus
← Headquarters location 1
MelhusBanken
← Twinned administrative body 1
Kurikka
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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  1. 4d ago · Eihel · 2026-11-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    OSM Name Suggestion Index ID → melhuskommune-ee5f1f
    "Created claim: OSM Name Suggestion Index ID: melhuskommune-ee5f1f, #temporary_batch_1793752567616; Useless: a value is not referenced by the property's own associated item."
  2. 4d ago · Eihel · 2026-11-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    OSM Name Suggestion Index ID → melhuskommune-ee5f1f
    "Removed claim: OSM Name Suggestion Index ID: melhuskommune-ee5f1f, #temporary_batch_1793752567616"
  3. 15d ago · Ajarmund · 2026-10-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Legal form → kommune
    Industry → general public administration activities
    Instance of → municipality of Norway, organization
    Official language → Bokmål
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "kommuner (details)"
  4. 22d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+16096'}, {'amount': '+16733'}, {'amount': '+16949'} +5
    Highest point → Rensfjellet
    Office held by the head of government → mayor of Melhus
    Topic's main category → Category:Melhus
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "source for demonym, highest point from Store norske leksikon (OKA bot task 2)"
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