Orkland is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway . It is located in the traditional district of Orkdalen . The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Orkanger . Other notable population centres in the municipality include Krokstadøra , Selbekken , Ingdalen , Lensvik , Vassbygda , Vernes , Leksa , Kjøra , Geitastrand , Gjølme , Thamshavn , Fannrem , Vormstad , Svorkmo , Hoston , village of Meldal , Løkken Verk , Bjørnli , Å , and Storås .
6-517: Ingdalen is a village in the municipality of Orkland in Trøndelag county, Norway . The village lies along the western shore of the Trondheimsfjord about 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) south of the villages of Lensvik and Selbekken . Ingdal Chapel is located in the village. The village was once a part of the municipality of Stadsbygd which included land on both sides of the fjord , but in 1964
12-460: A wavy line with green above and silver below representing agriculture and forestry (green) and the sea and water (silver). In the centre of the arms there is a gear which represents the industry of the community. The colors of the gear are inverted from the background. The Church of Norway had eight parishes ( sokn ) within the municipality of Orkland. It is part of the Orkdal prosti ( deanery ) in
18-457: The Diocese of Nidaros . Orkland Municipality is responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services , senior citizen services, welfare and other social services , zoning , economic development , and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor is indirectly elected by
24-523: The 356 municipalities in Norway. Orkland is the 71st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 18,690. The municipality's population density is 10.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (27/sq mi) and its population has increased by 6.8% over the 10-year period to 2020. The municipality of Orkland was established on 1 January 2020 after the merger of the old municipalities of Agdenes , Orkdal , Meldal , and most of Snillfjord . The name of
30-460: The Ingdalen area was separated from Stadsbygd and merged into Agdenes which was on the same side of the fjord. The lake Øyangsvatnet lies about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west of the village. This Trøndelag location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Orkland The 1,906-square-kilometre (736 sq mi) municipality is the 42nd largest by area out of
36-488: The municipality comes from the name of the local river Orkla and the Orkladalen valley in which the river runs. There was another municipality of Orkland that existed from 1920 until 1963, and its area will be part of the new (much larger) municipality. The coat of arms for the municipality was approved in 2019. It is somewhat of a combination of the old arms for Meldal and Orkdal . The arms are divided horizontally by
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