Børsa is the

administrative centre An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgi ...

Skaun Municipality Skaun is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Børsa. Other vill ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. The

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lies along the shore of the

Gaulosen Gaulosen is a fjord in Trøndelag county, Norway. The long fjord is an arm off the large Trondheimsfjorden. The fjord forms the border between Trondheim Municipality, Skaun Municipality, and Melhus Municipality. The river Gaula flows into the f ...

, an arm off the vast

Trondheimsfjorden The Trondheim Fjord or Trondheimsfjorden (), an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, is Norway's List of Norwegian fjords, third-longest fjord at long. It is located in the west-central part of the country in Trøndelag county, and it stretches from Ørl ...

. It is about west of the village of

Buvika Buvika is a village in Skaun Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at the end of the Gaulosen, an arm of the Trondheimsfjord, about southwest of the mouth of the Gaula River. Buvika lies along the European route E39, about ha ...

, along the

European route E39 European route E39 is the designation of a north–south road in Norway and Denmark from Klett, just south of Trondheim (city), Trondheim, to Aalborg via Bergen, Stavanger and Kristiansand. In total, there are nine ferries, more than any other ...

highway. The villages of

Skaun Skaun may refer to: Places * Skaun Municipality, a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway * Skaun (village), a village within Skaun Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway * Skaun Church, a church in Skaun Municipality in Trøndelag county, No ...

and

Eggkleiva Eggkleiva is a village in Skaun Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along Norwegian County Road 709, about halfway between the villages of Skaun and Børsa. The village of Melby lies about southwest of Eggkleiva. Eggkleiva ...

lie just a short distance to the south and the town of

Orkanger Orkanger is a town and the administrative centre of Orkland Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The town sits at the end of the Orkdal Fjord, an arm of the Trondheimsfjord. Orkanger is the commercial centre of Orkland Municipality and it ...

lies about to the west. The village has a population (2024) of 1,824 and a

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of .

Børsa Church Børsa Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Skaun Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Børsa. It is the church for the Børsa parish which is part of the Orkdal prosti (deanery) in the Dio ...

is located in the village as is a school, several shops and restaurants, banks and businesses, and the municipal government offices.

History

Historically, this village was the

of the old

Børsa Municipality Børsa is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The municipality originally encompassed the coastal areas along ...

, which existed from 1838 until 1965.

Media gallery

Børselva i Børsa.jpg, Børselva river in Børsa Børsa Skaun.jpg, View of the village Menhirs in Børsa.JPG, Historic stone markers Skaun rådhus (01).JPG, Municipal government building Børsa church 3.jpg,

References

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