Editing Selbu Municipality (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Selbusjöen IMG 4561.JPG|right|thumb|Selbusjöen lake]]
[[File:La2-demis-selbusjoen.png|thumb|right|Map of Selbu lake (center) in relation to Trondheim (red)]]
Selbu borders eight municipalities: [[Malvik Municipality]], and [[Stjørdal Municipality]] are to the north; [[Meråker Municipality]] and [[Tydal Municipality]] are to the east; [[Holtålen Municipality]], and [[Midtre Gauldal Municipality]] are to the south; and [[Melhus Municipality]] and [[Trondheim Municipality]] are to the west.

The largest lake in Selbu is [[Selbusjøen]] with an area of about {{convert|60|km2}}. It is located {{convert|160|m}} above sea level. Another lake in the municipality is [[Sørungen]]. The highest mountain in Selbu is the {{convert|1441.37|m|adj=on}} tall mountain [[Fongen]], located inside [[Skarvan and Roltdalen National Park]], forming the [[tripoint]] border with Meråker, Tydal, and Selbu municipalities.<ref name="elev" /> The [[Nea River]] and [[Rotla|Rotla River]] both flow through the municipality. The municipality covers a total of {{convert|1254|km2}} which consists of:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Land use in Selbu'''''
!rowspan=2|Land type
!colspan=3|Area
|-
!square kilometres
!square miles
!percentage
|-
| Freshwater lakes<ref group="note">Including the [[Selbusjøen]] Lake, which itself is over {{convert|58|km2}} in area, making it the largest lake in Sør-Trøndelag and the [[List of lakes in Norway|17th largest lake in Norway]].</ref> and rivers  ||{{convert|85|km2|disp=table}}
|align=right|6.8
|-
|Agriculture||{{convert|31|km2|disp=table}}
|align=right|2.5
|-
|Woodlands||{{convert|308|km2|disp=table}}
|align=right|14.7 
|-
|Swampland and mountains||{{convert|830|km2|disp=table}}
|align=right|66.0
|-
|colspan=4|<small>'''Note:''' {{Reflist|group=note}}</small>
|}