Official Name: | Melby |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Trøndelag#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Central Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Trøndelag |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Orkdalen |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Skaun |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 7357 Skaun |
Coordinates: | 63.2387°N 9.9833°W |
Elevation M: | 160 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Melby is a farming village in the municipality of Skaun in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the south-central part of the municipality, about southwest of the village of Skaun and the Norwegian County Road 709 and about south of Eggkleiva. The town of Orkanger and it suburb of Fannrem (in the neighboring municipality) both lie about to the west.
There is an old, preserved school building dating from 1878 in Melby. The school building is a part of the local museum Skaun bygdamuseum.[2] The area is named Melby (Old Norse: Meðalbýr), which means "middle farm".[3]
. Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Trondhjems amt. 14. Oluf Rygh. W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. 1901. Kristiania, Norge. 296. Norwegian.