Official Name: | Stadsbygd |
Other Name: | Askjem |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Trøndelag#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Central Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Trøndelag |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Fosen |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Indre Fosen |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.37 |
Population As Of: | 2024 |
Population Total: | 319 |
Population Density Km2: | 862 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 7105 Stadsbygd |
Coordinates: | 63.5104°N 10.0169°W |
Elevation M: | 30 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Stadsbygd[2] or Askjem[3] 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 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 to the southeast. The municipal centre of Årnset lies about to the northwest.
The 0.37km2 village has a population (2024) of 319 and a population density of .[4]
The village was the administrative centre of the old Stadsbygd Municipality that existed until 1964. The main church for the village and surrounding area is Stadsbygd Church, located just south of the village of Stadsbygd.[5] Prior to 2021, Statistics Norway titled the village Askjem, after the farm area on the western side of the village, but since 2022, Statistics Norway has named the area Stadsbygd, after the historic name for the village area.