- Meldal
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Meldal kommune — Municipality — View of the lake Frilsjøen
Coat of arms
Sør-Trøndelag within
NorwayMeldal within Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°3′4″N 9°44′14″E / 63.05111°N 9.73722°ECoordinates: 63°3′4″N 9°44′14″E / 63.05111°N 9.73722°E Country Norway County Sør-Trøndelag District Orkdalen Administrative centre Meldal Government - Mayor (2007) Ivar Syrstad (Sp) Area - Total 613.34 km2 (236.8 sq mi) - Land 592.54 km2 (228.8 sq mi) - Water 20.80 km2 (8 sq mi) Area rank 181 in Norway Population (2010) - Total 3,920 - Rank 230 in Norway - Density 6.6/km2 (17.1/sq mi) - Change (10 years) -1.8 % Demonym Meldaling[1] Time zone CET (UTC+1) - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2) ISO 3166 code NO-1636 Official language form Neutral Website meldal.kommune.no Data from Statistics Norway Meldal is a village and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen region.
The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Meldal. The 1.04-square-kilometre (260-acre) village of Meldal has a population (2009) of 609.[2] Other villages include Løkken Verk, Bjørnli, and Storås.
The municipality is most renowned for its mining activities at Løkken Verk, being the birthplace of the Orkla mining company, now Orkla Group. It is also home to the annual Storåsfestivalen music festival.
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General information
The area of the Storås Festival in Meldal
Meldal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). In 1839, the southern district of Rennebu was separated from Meldal to form a municipality of its own.[3]
Name
The Old Norse form of the name was Meðaldalr. The first element is meðal which means "middle" and the last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale". The municipality is named this probably because it is located in the middle of the Orkdalen valley. The name was historically spelled Meldalen.[4]
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 5 February 1985. The arms are a combination of a wheel as a symbol for the local industry, and a wheat ear as a symbol for the agriculture. Both items are yellow on a red background.[5]
Churches
The Church of Norway has two parishes (sokn) within the municipality of Meldal. It is part of the Deanery (prosti) of Orkdal and the Diocese of Nidaros.
Churches in Meldal Parish
(Sokn)Church Name Year Built Location
of the ChurchLøkken Løkken kirke 1929 Bjørnli Meldal Meldal kirke 1988 Meldal Geography
The municipality of Meldal is located along the Orkla River in the middle of the Orkdalen valley. The lakes Hostovatnet and Svorksjøen are located along the northern border of the municipality.
The municipality of Rindal (in Møre og Romsdal) lies to the west, Rennebu lies to the south, Midtre Gauldal and Melhus to the east, and Orkdal to the north.
The Løkken Station is the terminal station on the Thamshavn Line railway.
References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/nb-no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskrivning_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn/.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2009). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality.". http://www.ssb.no/beftett_en/tab-2009-06-16-01-en.html.
- ^ 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. 149. http://books.google.com/books?id=AGxBAAAAIAAJ.
- ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/m/meldal.htm. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
External links
Municipalities of Sør-Trøndelag 
Categories:- Municipalities of Sør-Trøndelag
- Villages in Sør-Trøndelag
- Meldal
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