Oppdal

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	Oppdal
Basic data
Commune number :	5021
Province  (county) :	Trøndelag
Coordinates :	62 ° 36 '  N , 9 ° 41'  E Coordinates: 62 ° 36 '  N , 9 ° 41'  E
Surface:	2,274.12 km²
Residents:	7,001  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density :	3 inhabitants per km²
Language form :	neutral
Website:	oppdal.kommune.no
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Railway connection:	Dovrebanen
politics
Mayor :	Geir Arild Espnes  ( Sp ) (2019)
Location in the province of Trøndelag

Oppdal

Oppdal train station

Oppdal is a municipality in the central Norwegian province of Trøndelag .

It is located at the foot of the Dovrefjell mountain range by Lake Ångardsvatnet . Culturally, the inhabitants of Oppdal see themselves less as part of Trøndelag; rather, there are traditionally close ties to the neighboring communities of Folldal in the province of Hedmark and Dovre in the province of Oppland .

Main branches of business are ski tourism and agriculture. With more than 45,000 sheep, Oppdal has the largest number of sheep in Norway. The ski areas include 82 km of cross-country ski trails. The place has a train station on the Dovre Railway .

A large part of the district lies above the tree line, and the climate is extremely harsh even by Norwegian standards. Because of the cold, there are no snakes to be found here. The valleys are overgrown with pines and birches. There are several lakes. Gjevilvatnet is particularly picturesque.

A total of 1,161 km² of the municipality has been a pasture for farmers in the region for a long time , which guarantees them fishing and hunting rights.

The largest burial ground in Norway is located in Vang, on the western edge of the village of Oppdal. It dates from the Viking Age.

Personalities

• Sverre Stensheim (* 1933), cross-country skier
• Håkon Mjøen (* 1944), ski racer
• Günther Roeder (1946–2015), painter, court drawing and caricaturist
• Erik Håker (* 1952), ski racer
• Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (* 1971), jazz bassist

Web links

Commons : Oppdal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• www.oppdal.no. Retrieved February 7, 2012 (Norwegian). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning
2. ↑ Gavfeltet på Vang. In: oppdal.kommune.no. Retrieved February 7, 2012 (Norwegian).