Orkland

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Orkland (Norway)
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Orkland
Basic data
Commune number : 5059
Province  (county) : Trøndelag
Administrative headquarters: Orcanger
Coordinates : 63 ° 18 '  N , 9 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 63 ° 18 '  N , 9 ° 51'  E
Surface: 1,906.26 km²
Residents: 18,217  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density : 10 inhabitants per km²
Language form : neutral
Website:
politics
Mayor : Oddbjørn Bang  ( Sp ) (2019)
Location in the province of Trøndelag
Location of the municipality in the Trøndelag province

Orkland is a municipality in the province ( Fylke ) Trøndelag , which has existed since January 1, 2020. It is made up of the former municipalities of Orkdal , Meldal , Agdenes and the eastern part of Snillfjord and has 18,217 inhabitants (as of February 27, 2020). Orkanger is the administrative center .

geography

The Orkland municipality is located on the North Sea coast at the mouth of the Orkla River . The river flows about 40 kilometers through the municipality. In the east and west of the river valley there are forested hills, especially in the west there are larger areas above the tree line. The highest elevation forms with 1162  moh. the Resfjellet in the southwest of the municipality.

About 45 percent of the population live in Orkanger. Other larger towns are Vormstad , Svorkmo , Storås , Løkken Verk , Selbekken and Meldal . The inhabitants are called "Orklendinger" and the municipality has no official written language, so Bokmål and Nynorsk have equal rights.

Orkanger forms a traffic junction in the municipality and is located on European route 39 , which, among other things, creates the connection to Trondheim .

history

Today's Orkland municipality consists of many former municipalities. The last change happened with the nationwide municipal reform when the municipality was reorganized from Orkdal , Meldal , Agdenes and parts of Snillfjord on January 1, 2020. A municipality existed under the same name between 1920 and 1962. In 1837 the area was divided into the municipalities of Ørland , Stadsbygd , Børsa , Hemne and Orkdal.

In the village of Løkken Verk , which belonged to Meldal until 2019 , a gravel pit was operated from 1654 to 1987. The Thamshavnbanen created the transport connection of the mine. From 1804 to 1984 the Agdenes fyr , a lighthouse for ships entering the Trondheimfjord , was operated in Agdenes . The lighthouse was then started by an unmanned direction light replaced.

economy

Agriculture mainly takes place in the form of animal husbandry along the Orkla. In Lensvik , which belonged to Agdenes until 2019 , strawberries are mainly grown and fur farms are operated. Forestry also plays a bigger role, in 2018 43,000 m³ of wood were harvested. In Svorkmo there is a hydropower plant with a drop height of 98 meters.

In the area around Orkanger, industrial production is also important. The most important is the metal industry and mechanical engineering. In Orkanger there is also an industrial port of the port of Trondheim .

The hospital in Orkdal is a larger employer, but many residents also commute to work in Trondheim .

Personalities

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning
  2. ↑ Høyeste fjelltopp i hver commune. Kartverket, September 1, 2015, accessed May 9, 2020 (Norwegian Bokmål).
  3. ↑ Forskrift om målvedtak i Kommunar og fylkeskommunar (målvedtaksforskrifta). Lovdata, accessed May 9, 2020 (Norwegian).
  4. ↑ Løkken Verk . In: Store norske leksikon . December 12, 2019 ( snl.no [accessed May 9, 2020]).
  5. ↑ Agdenes fyr. In: Forsvarsbygg. Retrieved July 17, 2020 (Norwegian).
  6. ↑ Svorkmo. TrønderEnergi, accessed May 9, 2020 (Norwegian).
  7. ↑ Orkanger. Port of Trondheim, accessed on May 9, 2020 (Bokmål in Norwegian).