Orkanger

Orkanger
View of the industrial area with the city in the background
View of the industrial area with the city in the background
Orkanger is located in Trøndelag
Orkanger
Orkanger
Location of the town
Orkanger is located in Norway
Orkanger
Orkanger
Orkanger (Norway)
Coordinates: 63°18′24″N 9°51′01″E / 63.3067°N 09.8502°E / 63.3067; 09.8502
CountryNorway
RegionCentral Norway
CountyTrøndelag
DistrictOrkdalen
MunicipalityOrkland
Established as 
Town (By)1 Jan 2014
Area
 • Total
6.26 km2 (2.42 sq mi)
Elevation11 m (36 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total
8,204
 • Density1,311/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
DemonymØrbygg
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
7300 Orkanger
Orkanger herred
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Orkanger within Sør-Trøndelag
Orkanger within Sør-Trøndelag
CountryNorway
CountySør-Trøndelag
DistrictOrkdalen
Established1 July 1920
 • Preceded byOrkdal Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1963
 • Succeeded byOrkdal Municipality
Administrative centreOrkanger
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
7 km2 (3 sq mi)
Population
 (1962)
 • Total
2,874
 • Density410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
DemonymØrbygg[3]
ISO 3166 codeNO-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.

  1. ^ a b c Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2018). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
  2. ^ "Orkanger, Orkdal (Trøndelag)". yr.no. Archived from the original on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  4. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  5. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Orkanger. – kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 January 2011.