Municipality ID NO-1658 | Adm. Center Børsa Local time Thursday 7:35 PM | |
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Created as Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838 Weather -3°C, Wind SE at 5 km/h, 100% Humidity | ||
Børsa is a village and a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The former municipality of Børsa encompassed most of the northern part of the present-day municipality of Skaun, and historically also included the Geitastrand area in Orkdal.
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The village of Børsa is also the administrative centre of the municipality of Skaun. The 1.06-square-kilometre (260-acre) village has a population (2013) of 1,408. The population density is 1,328 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,440/sq mi). Børsa Church is located in the village, just north of the European route E39 highway.
History
The municipality of Børsa was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 January 1890, the municipality was divided into two: Børseskognen (population: 1,410) in the south and Børsa (population: 2,300) in the north. On 1 January 1905, the area of northwest of the Orkdalsfjord became the new municipality of Geitastrand (population: 674) and the area southeast of the fjord remained as Børsa with a population of 1,420. On 1 January 1965, Børsa, Skaun, and Buvik were merged to form the new, larger municipality of Skaun. Before the merger, Børsa had a population of 1,476.