Orkanger | |
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 View of the industrial area with the city in the background | |
  Orkanger Location of the town  Orkanger Orkanger (Norway) | |
| Coordinates: 63°18′24″N 9°51′01″E / 63.3067°N 09.8502°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Central Norway |
| County | Trøndelag |
| District | Orkdalen |
| Municipality | Orkland |
| Established as | |
| Town (By) | 1 Jan 2014 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.26 km2 (2.42 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 11 m (36 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
| • Total | 8,204 |
| • Density | 1,311/km2 (3,400/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Ørbygg |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Post Code | 7300 Orkanger |
| Orkanger herred | |
 Sør-Trøndelag within Norway | |
 Orkanger within Sør-Trøndelag | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Sør-Trøndelag |
| District | Orkdalen |
| Established | 1 July 1920 |
| • Preceded by | Orkdal Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1963 |
| • Succeeded by | Orkdal Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Orkanger |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 7 km2 (3 sq mi) |
| Population (1962) | |
| • Total | 2,874 |
| • Density | 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Ørbygg[3] |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1639[4] |
Orkanger is a town and the administrative centre of Orkland municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The town is also a former municipality which existed from 1920 until 1963. The town sits at the end of the Orkdal Fjord, an arm of the Trondheimsfjord. Orkanger is the commercial centre of the municipality of Orkland and it is the site of the Orkanger Church. It was established as a "town" in 2014.[5]
Combined with the neighbouring suburban village of Fannrem, the conurbation constitutes one of the largest urban areas in Trøndelag county. The 6.26-square-kilometre (1,550-acre) town has a population (2018) of 8,204 and a population density of 1,311 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,400/sq mi).[1]
Just north of Orkanger lies the port of Thamshavn. Until 1974, Orkanger had a station on the Thamshavn Line railway with the Thamshavn Station just north of the town. The railway line closed for passenger traffic in 1963 but continued to transport ore from Løkken Verk to the Thamshavn port until 1974 when the line was closed to all traffic. The line through most of Orkanger was dismantled following the closure, but about 22 kilometres (14 mi) of the original line from Bårdshaug to Løkken Verk has been re-opened as a heritage railway.
Between 1908 and 1949 there was a steam ship service to Trondheim on the SS Orkla. The European route E39 highway runs through the town, connecting it to the major city of Trondheim, about 42 kilometres (26 mi) to the northeast.
- ^ a b c Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2018). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
- ^ "Orkanger, Orkdal (Trøndelag)". yr.no. Archived from the original on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Store norske leksikon. "Orkanger. – kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 January 2011.