- Orkdal
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Orkdal kommune — Municipality — View of Orkanger
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Coordinates: 63°17′20″N 9°43′34″E / 63.28889°N 9.72611°ECoordinates: 63°17′20″N 9°43′34″E / 63.28889°N 9.72611°E Country Norway County Sør-Trøndelag District Orkdalen Administrative centre Orkanger Government - Mayor (1999) Gunnar H. Lysholm (Orkdalslista) Area - Total 594.36 km2 (229.5 sq mi) - Land 564.18 km2 (217.8 sq mi) - Water 30.18 km2 (11.7 sq mi) Area rank 185 in Norway Population (2010) - Total 11,276 - Rank 97 in Norway - Density 20/km2 (51.8/sq mi) - Change (10 years) 10 % Demonym Orkdaling[1] Time zone CET (UTC+1) - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2) ISO 3166 code NO-1638 Official language form Neutral Website orkdal.kommune.no Data from Statistics Norway Orkdal is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Orkanger. Other villages in the municipality include Kjøra, Geitastrand, Gjølme, Thamshavn, Fannrem, Vormstad, Svorkmo, and Hoston.
Agriculture plays a significant role in the municipality. The Thamshavnbanen was used to transport ore from Løkken Verk to the port of Thamshavn, and is now a vintage railway. The Fannrem concentration camp was located in Fannrem during World War II.
Orkanger with the Orkla river
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General information
Orkdal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 July 1920, the port of Orkanger (population: 1,715) and the southern district of Orkland (population: 1,760) were separated from Orkdal to form separate municipalities. On 1 January 1963, the municipalities of Orkanger, Orkland, and Geitastrand were merged together with Orkdal to form a new, larger municipality of Orkdal.[2]
Name
The Old Norse form of the name was Orkardalr. The first element is the genitive case of the name of the river Ork (now Orklaelva) and the last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale". Historically, the name was spelled Orkedalen.[3]
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 25 April 1986. They show a silver line on a green background, representing the Orklaelva which runs through fertile Orkdalen valley throughout the municipality. It is also a canting because the name of the municipality is derived from the name of the river.[4]
Churches
The Church of Norway has four parishes (sokn) within the municipality of Orkdal. It is part of the Deanery (prosti) of Orkdal and the Diocese of Nidaros.
Churches in Orkdal Parish
(Sokn)Church Name Year Built Location
of the ChurchGeitastrand Geitastrand kirke 1859 Geitastrand Orkanger Orkanger kirke 1892 Orkanger Orkdal Orkdal kirke 1893 Fannrem Søvasskjølen fjellkirke 1981 Svorksjødalen Orkland Moe kirke 1867 Vormstad 
Svorkmo Station, OrkdalGeography
A large part of the population is concentrated in the Orkanger/Fannrem area, which is situated at the head of the Orkdalsfjord, a branch of the large Trondheimsfjord. The Orkla River, one of the better salmon rivers in Norway, meets the sea at Orkanger.
The lakes Hostovatnet, Gangåsvatnet, Våvatnet, and Svorksjøen are lakes located around the municipality.
The municipalities of Agdenes, Snillfjord, and Hemne lie to the northwest, Rindal (in Møre og Romsdal) and Meldal to the south, and Melhus and Skaun to the east, and Trondheim and Rissa lie to the northeast across the Trondheimsfjord.
Notable residents
- Johan Bojer, author
- Nils Arne Eggen, the former coach of Rosenborg BK
- Roar Ljøkelsøy, ski jumper
- Gunnhild Sundli, singer of the Norwegian folk music band Gåte
- Sveinung Sundli, fiddle and keyboard player of Gåte
References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/nb-no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskrivning_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn/.
- ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf.
- ^ Rygh, Oluf (1901) (in Norwegian). Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Trondhjems amt (14 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 125. http://books.google.com/books?id=AGxBAAAAIAAJ.
- ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/o/orkdal.htm. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
External links
Municipalities of Sør-Trøndelag 
Categories:- Municipalities of Sør-Trøndelag
- Orkdal
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