Meldal Municipality
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Within Vinony's link graph, Meldal Municipality is referenced by 177 other articles, and connects out to Trondheim, tincture and Norway.
The entry is geolocated on the map in NO.
Vinony files it under 1838 establishments in Norway, Former municipalities of Norway and Municipalities of Norway disestablished in 2020.
Its subject is documented across 36 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Trøndelag
- District
- Orkdalen
- Established
- 1 Jan 1838
- Created as
- Formannskapsdistrikt
- Disestablished
- 1 Jan 2020
- Succeeded by
- Orkland Municipality
- Administrative centre
- Meldal
- Mayor 2011
- Are Hilstad ( Sp )
- Total
- 613.25 km (236.78 sq mi)
- Land
- 592.20 km (228.65 sq mi)
- Water
- 21.05 km (8.13 sq mi) 3.4%
- Rank
- # 184 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 1,162 m (3,812 ft)
- Density
- 6.4/km (17/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- +0.3%
- Demonym
- Meldaling
- Norwegian form
- Neutral
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- meldaling
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Trøndelag
- Capital
- Meldal
- Population
- 3954
- Area
- 0.39998775113154494
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Hølonda Municipality
- Official website
- www.meldal.kommune.no
- Image
- Ringavatnet 2012.jpg
- Households
- 85
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- Commons category
- Meldal
- topic's main category
- Category:Meldal
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2019-12-31
- replaced by
- Orkland Municipality
- language used
- Nynorsk
- located in the present-day administrative territorial entity
- Orkland Municipality
- inception
- 1838-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Meldal 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 village of Meldal. Other villages included Løkken Verk, Bjørnli, Å, and Storås.
At the time of its dissolution in 2020, the 613-square-kilometre (237 sq mi) municipality was the 184th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Meldal Municipality was also the 233rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,905. The municipality's population density was 6.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (17/sq mi) and its population had increased by 0.3% over the previous 10-year period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Meldal Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.