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Orkanger
Sign in to saveOrkanger is a town and the administrative centre of Orkland Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The town sits at the end of the Orkdal Fjord, an arm of the Trondheimsfjord. Orkanger is the commercial centre of Orkland Municipality and it is the site of the Orkanger Church. It was established as a "town" in 2014.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 2 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Orkanger is referenced by 210 other articles, and connects out to Trondheim, Norway and time zone.
It is catalogued under topics including 2014 establishments in Norway, Administrative centres of municipalities of Norway and Cities and towns in Norway.
Its subject is documented across 18 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Orkanger
- Region
- Trøndelag
- Country
- Norge
- Population
- 8,204
- Timezone
- Europe/Oslo
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Orkanger
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town/City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Orkanger 05.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of the industrial area with the city in the background
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 9
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Trøndelag#Norway
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- top
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Norway
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Central Norway
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Trøndelag
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Orkdalen
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Municipality
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- administrative centre
- Part of
- Orkanger/Fannrem
- Demonym
- ørbygg
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Orkland Municipality
- Area
- 6.15
- Elevation
- 11
- Capital of
- Orkland Municipality
- Image
- Orkanger 05.jpg
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- inception
- 1920-01-01
- replaced by
- Orkanger/Fannrem
- Commons category
- Orkanger
- P12749
- 1893
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Transportation
- History
- Name
- Industry
- Media gallery
- References
Orkanger is a town and the administrative centre of Orkland Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The town sits at the end of the Orkdal Fjord, an arm of the Trondheimsfjord. Orkanger is the commercial centre of Orkland Municipality and it is the site of the Orkanger Church. It was established as a "town" in 2014.
Combined with the neighbouring suburban village of Fannrem, the conurbation constitutes one of the largest urban areas in Trøndelag county. The town has a population (2018) of 8,204 and a population density of .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Orkanger” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (4)
On the map
2 mapped locations