Orkland

Orkland herad
Former Municipality
Orkland herad

Location in Sør-Trøndelag

Coordinates: 63°11′17″N 09°45′58″E / 63.18806°N 9.76611°E / 63.18806; 9.76611Coordinates: 63°11′17″N 09°45′58″E / 63.18806°N 9.76611°E / 63.18806; 9.76611
Country Norway
Region Trøndelag
County Sør-Trøndelag
District Orkdalen
Adm. Center Vormstad
Area[1]
  Total 169 km2 (65 sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
ISO 3166 code NO-1637
Created from Orkdal in 1920
Merged into Orkdal in 1963

Orkland is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality encompassed the southern third of the present-day municipality of Orkdal. The main church of the municipality was Moe Church, just south of Vormstad. Most of the population in the 169-square-kilometre (65 sq mi) municipality was based in the Orkdalen valley along the river Orklaelva and near the lake Hostovatnet. The main village areas were Vormstad, Svorkmo, and Hoston.[1]

History

The municipality of Orkland was originally a part of the municipality of Orkdal (see formannskapsdistrikt), but on 1 July 1920 it was separated from Orkdal to form a new municipality of its own. Initially, it had a population of 1,760. On 1 January 1963, the municipalities of Orkland, Orkanger, Orkdal, and Geitastrand were merged to form a new, larger municipality of Orkdal. Prior to the merger, Orkland had a population of 1,707.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Store norske leksikon. "Orkland" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2011-01-26.
  2. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.


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