In heraldry , argent ( / ˈ ɑːr dʒ ən t / ) is the tincture of silver , and belongs to the class of light tinctures called "metals". It is very frequently depicted as white and usually considered interchangeable with it. In engravings and line drawings, regions to be tinctured argent are either left blank, or indicated with the abbreviation ar .
20-567: Orkdal 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 city of Orkanger . Some of the notable villages in the municipality included Kjøra , Geitastrand , Gjølme , Thamshavn , Fannrem , Vormstad , Svorkmo , and Hoston . Agriculture plays
40-538: A significant role in the municipality. The Thamshavnbanen was used to transport ore from Løkken Verk to the port of Thamshavn , and is now a vintage railway . The Fannrem concentration camp was located in Fannrem during World War II . Orkanger is one of the main industrial hubs in central Norway. The industry is mainly located around Grønøra Industrial park. The largest companies are Technip Offshore Norge AS , Reinertsen , Washington Mills and Elkem Thamshavn AS. At
60-424: A wish to reduce the current tally by 100. The Ministry spent approximately 140 million kr on a project to look into the possibilities in this field, and referendums were held in several municipalities in conjunction with the municipal elections of 2003. A small number of municipalities agreed to the plan; for instance Frei Municipality merged with Kristiansund Municipality on 1 January 2008. Others rejected
80-411: The parish ) is named after the Orkdalen valley ( Old Norse : Orkardalr ) since the first Orkdal Church was built there. The first element is the genitive case of the name of the river Ork (now called Orklaelva ). The last element is dalr which means " valley " or "dale". Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled Orkedalen . On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed
100-402: The arms have a green field (background) and the charge is a vertical wavy bar. The wavy line has a tincture of argent which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The design was chosen to symbolize the river Orklaelva which runs through fertile Orkdalen valley throughout the municipality. The arms are also a canting because the name of
120-606: The colour white existed as an independent tincture in heraldry separate from argent. He bases this in part on the "white labels " used to differentiate the arms of members of the British royal family . However, it has been argued that these could be regarded as "white labels proper", thus rendering white not a heraldic tincture. The different tinctures are traditionally associated with particular heavenly bodies, precious stones, virtues, and flowers, although these associations have been mostly disregarded by serious heraldists. In addition to
140-403: The country had 392 municipalities. By 1958, the number had grown to a total of 744 rural municipalities, 64 city municipalities as well as a small number of small seaports with ladested status. A committee led by Nikolai Schei , formed in 1946 to examine the situation, proposed hundreds of mergers to reduce the number of municipalities and improve the quality of local administration. Most of
160-495: The last decade. The prestegjeld of Orkdal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 July 1920, the port of Orkanger (population: 1,715) and the southern district of Orkland (population: 1,760) were separated from Orkdal to form separate municipalities. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee . On 1 January 1963,
180-463: The mergers were carried out, albeit to significant popular protest. By 1966, most of the mergers had been carried out and there were only 470 municipalities remaining. This number continued to slowly decrease throughout the remainder of the 20th century. By January 2002, there were 434 municipalities in Norway, and Erna Solberg , Minister of Local Government and Regional Development at the time, expressed
200-442: The municipalities of Orkanger , Orkland , and Geitastrand were merged with Orkdal to form a new, larger municipality of Orkdal. On 1 January 2018, the municipality switched from the old Sør-Trøndelag county to the new Trøndelag county. On 1 January 2020, the municipalities of Agdenes , Orkdal, and Meldal along with the majority of Snillfjord merged to form the new municipality of Orkland . The municipality (originally
220-722: The municipality is derived from the name of the river. The arms were designed by Einar H. Skjervold. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms. The Church of Norway had four parishes ( sokn ) within the municipality of Orkdal. It is part of the Orkdal prosti ( deanery ) in the Diocese of Nidaros . While it existed, this municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services , senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services , zoning , economic development , and municipal roads . During its existence, this municipality
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#1732854518270240-478: The northwest, Rindal and Meldal to the south, and Melhus and Skaun to the east, and Trondheim and Indre Fosen were to the northeast across the Trondheimsfjord . Orkdal is twinned with: List of former municipalities of Norway This is a list of former municipalities of Norway , i.e. municipalities that no longer exist. When the local council system was introduced in Norway in 1837-38,
260-437: The number of municipalities to 356. Some municipalities ceased to exist only for a limited amount of time, such as Flakstad Municipality and Hole Municipality (which were former municipalities between 1964 and 1976). In cases like these, the mergers of municipalities were reversed and the former municipalities once again became self-governing. On the other hand, a small number of newly created municipalities were abolished in
280-542: The population was concentrated in the Orkanger / Fannrem area, which is situated at the head of the Orkdalsfjord, a branch of the large Trondheimsfjord . The Orkla River , one of the better salmon rivers in Norway, meets the sea at Orkanger. The lakes Hostovatnet , Gangåsvatnet , Våvatnet and Svorksjøen were located around the municipality. The municipalities of Agdenes , Snillfjord and Hemne were located to
300-481: The possibility following the referendums, such as Hobøl Municipality merging with Spydeberg Municipality or Hol Municipality merging with Ål Municipality . The project was abandoned by Solberg's successor Åslaug Haga in early 2006. In 2016 and 2017, when Erna Solberg was the Prime Minister of Norway, she and her government pushed for further municipal consolidations which mostly took place in 2020, reducing
320-521: The same way, for instance Tolga-Os Municipality , which came into being as a result of a 1966 merger which was reversed in 1976. Argent The name derives from Latin argentum , translated as " silver " or "white metal ". The word argent had the same meaning in Old French blazon , whence it passed into the English language. In some historical depictions of coats of arms , a kind of silver leaf
340-476: The spelling of the name of the municipality to Orkedal , removing the definite form ending -en . On 12 December 1919, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Orkdal . The coat of arms was granted on 25 April 1986 and it was used until 1 January 2020 when the municipality was dissolved. The official blazon is " Vert , a pallet wavy argent " ( Norwegian : I grønt en smal sølv stolpe dannet ved bølgesnitt ). This means
360-399: The time of its dissolution in 2020, the 594-square-kilometre (229 sq mi) municipality was the 188th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Orkdal was the 97th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 11,933. The municipality's population density was 21.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (55/sq mi) and its population had increased by 8.3% over
380-547: Was applied to those parts of the device that were argent. Over time, the silver content of these depictions has tarnished and darkened. As a result, it can sometimes be difficult to distinguish regions that were intended as "argent" from those that were " sable ". This leaves a false impression that the rule of tincture has been violated in cases where, when applied next to a dark colour, argent now appears to be sable due to tarnish . Arthur Charles Fox-Davies argued in his book The Art of Heraldry that, though extremely rare,
400-560: Was governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor . The municipality fell under the Trøndelag District Court and the Frostating Court of Appeal . The municipal council ( Kommunestyre ) of Orkdal is made up of 35 representatives that are elected to four-year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows: The mayors of Orkdal: A large part of
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