Hovin is a village in

Melhus Municipality Melhus is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Melhus (village), village o ...

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,

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. It is located along the river Gaula between the villages of

Støren is the administrative centre of Midtre Gauldal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located in the Gauldalen valley at the confluence of the rivers Gaula and ''Sokna''. Støren is located on the European route E06 highw ...

and

Lundamo Lundamo is a village in Melhus Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along the Gaula River between the villages of Hovin and Ler. The village has a population (2024) of 1,159 and a population density of . Lundamo Station ...

. Hovin has several distinct terraces in the hillsides, which are remnants of old

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s following the end of the last

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. The village has a population (2024) of 841 and a

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of . The

European route E06 European route E6 (, , or simply E6) is the main north–south thoroughfare through Norway as well as the west coast of Sweden. It is long and runs from the southern tip of Sweden at Trelleborg, into Norway and through almost all of the countr ...

highway runs north–south through the village. The

Dovrebanen The Dovre Line () is a Norwegian railway line with three slightly different lines which all lead to the historic city of Trondheim. Definition *Dovre Line is the main line between Eidsvoll Station and Trondheim Station, used by Jernbaneverke ...

railway line also runs north–south through Hovin.

Hovin Station Hovin Station () is a railway station in the village of Hovin in Melhus Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The station is on the Dovre Line, about south of Trondheim Central Station (''Trondheim S'') and about from Oslo Central Statio ...

is located in the village along the railway line, but only used for local traffic. The

Gulfoss Tunnel Gulfoss Tunnel is a railway tunnel situated in Melhus Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The tunnel runs beneath the village of Hovin, alongside the river Gaula past the Gulfossen waterfall. The tunnel carries a single, electrified tra ...

is a railway tunnel that runs under a large residential area in Hovin.

References

Villages in Trøndelag Melhus {{Trøndelag-geo-stub