Meldal

Meldal Municipality
Meldal kommune
Meldalen herred  (historic name)
View of the lake Frilsjøen
View of the lake Frilsjøen
Trøndelag within Norway
Trøndelag within Norway
Meldal within Trøndelag
Meldal within Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°03′04″N 09°44′14″E / 63.05111°N 9.73722°E / 63.05111; 9.73722
CountryNorway
CountyTrøndelag
DistrictOrkdalen
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 2020
 • Succeeded byOrkland Municipality
Administrative centreMeldal
Government
 • Mayor (2011)Are Hilstad (Sp)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total613.37 km2 (236.82 sq mi)
 • Land592.97 km2 (228.95 sq mi)
 • Water20.40 km2 (7.88 sq mi)  3.3%
 • Rank#184 in Norway
Population
 (2018)
 • Total3,930
 • Rank#233 in Norway
 • Density6.6/km2 (17/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +1.5%
DemonymMeldaling[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-5023[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Meldal is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it joined Orkland Municipality. It was part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Meldal. Other villages included Løkken Verk, Bjørnli, Å, and Storås.

The municipality was most renowned for its mining activities at Løkken Verk, being the birthplace of the Orkla mining company, now Orkla Group. It was also home to the annual Storåsfestivalen music festival.

At the time of its dissolution in 2020, the 613-square-kilometre (237 sq mi) municipality was the 184th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Meldal was also the 233rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,930. The municipality's population density was 6.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (17/sq mi) and its population had increased by 1.5% over the previous decade.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2018). "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2019-03-17.