Ørland

Infobox_Kommune
name=Ørland
idnumber=1621
county=Sør-Trøndelag
landscape=
capital=Brekstad
governor=Hallgeir Grøntvedt (Sp)
governor_as_of=2003
arearank=401
area=74
arealand=73
areapercent=0.02
population_as_of=2004
populationrank=189
population=5,169
populationpercent=0.11
populationdensity=70
populationincrease=4.5
language=Bokmål
lat_deg=63| lat_min=42| lat_sec=32| lon_deg=9| lon_min=36| lon_sec=38
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=7064730 |utm_easting=0530187| geo_cat=adm2nd




munwebpage=www.orland.kommune.no

Ørland is a municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway.

Ørland was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Bjugn was separated from Ørland in 1853. Agdenes was separated from Ørland in 1896. Ørland is located at the southwestern tip of the Fosen peninsula at the northern shore of the mouth of Trondheimsfjord.

Major occupations are Ørland Main Air Station (of the Royal Norwegian Air Force), agriculture, public service, and commerce. Large industries are the "Tine" white cheese dairy and the "Mascot Høie" bedclothes factory. Brekstad, Uthaug and Opphaug are the largest villages in Ørland. Ørland declared township in 2006 and was then newest town of Norway. Brekstad is being markeded as the town. Major attractions are the Ramsar Convention Bird Protection areas, the coastal areas themselves, the Manor of Austrått, dated 1656 and with a known history from around 1000 AD, and the single, large Sessile oak (the northernmost in the world, known as "Austråtteika") in the nearby forest [ [http://www.orland.kommune.no/dialog.aspx?action=file&fileid=614 Austråttlunden] ] ; and of course the fortifications of the triple 28-cm gun turret from WW2, which is now open to public viewing.Ørland is largely flat lowland, and rather windy as it faces the Norwegian Sea to the west and Trondheimsfjord to the east. Mean annual temperature is 5.8°C; July and August are the warmest months with monthly 24-hr averages 13°C, while the temperature just hover around freezing from December to February. Mean annual precipitation is 1048 mm, with March - June as the driest period. September and October are the wettest months (source: www.met.no; 1961-90 base period).

The name

The Old Norse form of the name was "Yrjar". This is a plural form derived from "aurr" m 'gravel'. The last element "land" was added in the 16th Century ("Ørieland" 1590).

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1979) - but it has old roots: It is taken from the seal of Inger, Lady of Austraat, noblewoman and landlady of The Manor of Austrått, later portrayed by Henrik Ibsen in his play Lady Inger of Oestraat.

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