Melby, Norway

Melby
—  Village  —
Melby Location in Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°14′09″N 09°59′03″E / 63.23583°N 9.98417°E / 63.23583; 9.98417Coordinates: 63°14′09″N 09°59′03″E / 63.23583°N 9.98417°E / 63.23583; 9.98417
Country	Norway
Region	Trøndelag
County	Sør-Trøndelag
Districts of Norway	Orkdalen
Municipality	Skaun
Elevation[1]	160 m (525 ft)
Time zone	CET (UTC+01:00)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code	7357 Skaun

Melby is a farming village in the municipality of Skaun in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located east of Fannrem (in Orkdal), and via Fannrem the village is connected to the European route E39 highway by a small road. Melby is located southwest of Børsa, Eggkleiva, and Skaun, and it is connected to the County Road 709 at the village of Skaun.

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]

References

1. ^ "Melby" (in Norwegian). yr.no. http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/S%C3%B8r-Tr%C3%B8ndelag/Skaun/Melby/. Retrieved 2011-03-23. 
2. ^ "Skaun bygdamuseum" (in Norwegian). Skaun kommune. http://www.skaun.kommune.no/skaun-bygdamuseum.4824129-166772.html. Retrieved 23 March 2011. 
3. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1901) (in Norwegian). Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Trondhjems amt (14 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 296. http://books.google.com/books?id=AGxBAAAAIAAJ.