Rindal Municipality
Rindal kommune | |
|---|---|
| Rindalen herred (historic name) | |
 Flag | |
 Trøndelag within Norway | |
 Rindal within Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 63°02′32″N 09°17′22″E / 63.04222°N 9.28944°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Trøndelag |
| District | Orkdalen |
| Established | 1858 |
| • Preceded by | Surnadal Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Rindal |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Mildrid Kattem Aune (Sp) |
| Area | |
• Total | 631.95 km2 (244.00 sq mi) |
| • Land | 611.94 km2 (236.27 sq mi) |
| • Water | 20.01 km2 (7.73 sq mi) 3.2% |
| • Rank | #185 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 1,957 |
| • Rank | #283 in Norway |
| • Density | 3.2/km2 (8/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  −5% |
| Demonym | Rindaling[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-5061[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Rindal is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre is the village of Rindal. Other villages in the municipality include Tiset and Romundstad. The municipality centres on agriculture and forestry services.[4]
The 632-square-kilometre (244 sq mi) municipality is the 185th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Rindal is the 283rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,957. The municipality's population density is 3.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.3/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 5% over the previous 10-year period.[5][6]
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Store norske leksikon. "Rindal" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 December 2010.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).