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Orkland herad — Former Municipality — Location in Sør-Trøndelag Coordinates: 63°11′17″N 09°45′58″E / 63.18806°N 9.76611°ECoordinates: 63°11′17″N 09°45′58″E / 63.18806°N 9.76611°E Country Norway Region Trøndelag County Sør-Trøndelag Municipality ID NO-1637 Adm. Center Vormstad Area[1] – Total 169 km2 (65.3 sq mi) Time zone CET (UTC+01:00) – Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00) Created from Orkdal in 1920 Merged into Orkdal in 1963 Orkland is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality encompassed the southern third of the present-day municipality of Orkdal. The main church of the municipality was Moe Church, just south of Vormstad. Most of the population in the 169-square-kilometre (65 sq mi) municipality was based in the Orkdalen valley along the river Orklaelva and near the lake Hostovatnet. The main village areas were Vormstad, Svorkmo, and Hoston.[1]
History
The municipality of Orkland was originally a part of the municipality of Orkdal (see formannskapsdistrikt), but on 1 July 1920 it was separated from Orkdal to form a new municipality of its own. Initially, it had a population of 1,760. On 1 January 1963, the municipalities of Orkland, Orkanger, Orkdal, and Geitastrand were merged together to form a new, larger municipality of Orkdal. Prior to the merger, Orkland had a population of 1,707.[2]
References
- ^ a b Store norske leksikon. "Orkland" (in Norwegian). http://www.snl.no/Orkland. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- ^ 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.
Categories:- Orkdal
- Former municipalities of Norway
- Sør-Trøndelag geography stubs
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