Meldal
Meldal is a place and a former municipality (municipality) in Trøndelag, Central Norway . As part of the local government reform in Norway , Meldal, Agdenes , Orkdal and the main part of Snillfjord were merged to form the new Orkland municipality on January 1, 2020 .
The municipality comprised the central part of the Orkdalen , the valley of the Orkla river , and some side valleys. 3905 inhabitants lived on an area of 633 km² (as of January 1, 2019). The municipality number was 5023. The administrative seat was the eponymous place Meldal; other settlements were Løkken Verk , Storås and Å. Å shares with three other places with the same name the claim to have the shortest place name in the country.
From 1654 to 1987, copper ore and pyrite were mined in Løkken Verk. In 1908, the Thamshavnbanen , Norway's first electric railway, was built to transport it to the coast .
Personalities
- Astrid Krog Halse (1914–2007), poet and teacher
- Odd Sagør (1918–1993), politician
- Sigurd Ressell (1920–2010), furniture designer
- Stig Berge (* 1942), orienteer
- Jan Egil Storholt (* 1949), speed skater
Web links
- Meldal on snl.no in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Navn på nye kommuner. February 19, 2019, accessed January 27, 2020 (Norwegian).
Coordinates: 63 ° 3 ' N , 9 ° 43' E