Trondheim

Trondheim is a city and municipality in the county of S?r-Tr?ndelag, Norway. With its more than 150,000 inhabitants, Trondheim is the third largest city of the country. The highest elevation is in Storheia, 565 metres (≈1850 ft) above sea level. The city is situated next to a large fjord–Trondheimsfjorden (130 km long).

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The main regional theatre, Tr?ndelag Teater is situated in Trondheim (which is also the oldest theater in the world still in use). The cathedral and the synagogue of Trondheim are both the northernmost in the world. The local newspaper is Adresseavisen, the oldest active newspaper in Norway (established 1767). Regional television stations are NRK Tr?ndelag and TVTr?ndelag. The NTNU university is located in the city.

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Municipality: A municipality or "general-purpose district" (compare with: "special-purpose district") is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government....

County: Originally, in continental Europe, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count. Counts are called "earls" in post-Celtic Great Britain and Ireland - the term is from Old Norse jarl and was introduced by the Vikings - but there is no correlation between "county" and "earldom." Rather, t...

S?r-Tr?ndelag: S?r-Tr?ndelag is a county in the area Tr?ndelag in Norway, bordering Nord-Tr?ndelag, M?re og Romsdal, Oppland and Hedmark. More than half of the population in the county lives in Trondheim....