Orkland Municipality
Orkland herred | |
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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Norway_Counties_S%C3%B8r-Tr%C3%B8ndelag_Position.svg) Sør-Trøndelag within Norway | |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:NO_1637_Orkland.svg) Orkland within Sør-Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 63°11′17″N 09°45′58″E / 63.18806°N 9.76611°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Sør-Trøndelag |
| District | Orkdalen |
| Established | 1 Jan 1920 |
| • Preceded by | Orkdal Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1963 |
| • Succeeded by | Orkdal Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Vormstad |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 169 km2 (65 sq mi) |
| Population (1963) | |
| • Total | 1,707 |
| • Density | 10/km2 (26/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Orklending[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1637[2] |
Orkland is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed only for a short time, from 1920 until 1963. The 169-square-kilometre (65 sq mi) municipality encompassed the central part of what is now the municipality of Orkland in Trøndelag county. The main church of the municipality was Moe Church, just south of the village of Vormstad, the administrative centre of the municipality. Most of the population lived in the Orkdalen valley along the river Orklaelva and near the lake Hostovatnet. The main village areas were Vormstad, Svorkmo, and Hoston.[3]
- ^ "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. "Orkland" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 January 2011.