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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.
The 1,906-square-kilometre (736 sq mi) municipality is the 42nd largest by area out of 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.




General information


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.




= Name

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The name of 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.




= Coat of arms

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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 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.




= Churches

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The Church of Norway had eight parishes (sokn) within the municipality of Orkland. It is part of the Orkdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros.




Government


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 a vote of the municipal council. The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the Trøndelag District Court and the Frostating Court of Appeal.




= Municipal council

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The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Orkland is made up of 43 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by political party.




= Mayors

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The mayors (Norwegian: ordfører) of Orkland:

2020-2023: Oddbjørn Bang (Sp)
2023-present: Hanne Nyhus (Ap)




Notable people


Håkon Hoff (1898 in Orkanger – 1976), a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician
Peter Deinboll DSO, MC (1915–1944), a Norwegian engineer and resistance member during WWII who grew up in Orkanger
Synnøve Gleditsch (1908–1980), an actress from Agdenes
Kurt Mosbakk (born 1934), a Norwegian politician who went to school in Orkanger
Nils Arne Eggen (1941-2022), a Norwegian footballer and the most successful Norwegian club football manager who was born and lived in Orkdal.
Knut Torbjørn Eggen (1960-2012), a Norwegian footballer and football manager who was born and grew up in Orkdal.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Orkland
• Å (disambiguation)
• Trondheim Region
• Trondheim Fjord
• Bjørnøya
• Å, Orkland
• Orkdalen
• Leksa
• Orkland Municipality (1920-1963)
• Orkdal