Orkdal

Orkdal kommune
Municipality
View of Orkanger
Coat of arms Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Orkdal within Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°17′20″N 9°43′34″E / 63.28889°N 9.72611°E / 63.28889; 9.72611Coordinates: 63°17′20″N 9°43′34″E / 63.28889°N 9.72611°E / 63.28889; 9.72611
Country	Norway
County	Sør-Trøndelag
District	Orkdalen
Administrative centre	Orkanger
Government
• Mayor (2015)	Oddbjørn Bang (Senterpartiet)
Area
• Total	594.36 km2 (229.48 sq mi)
• Land	564.18 km2 (217.83 sq mi)
• Water	30.18 km2 (11.65 sq mi)
Area rank	185 in Norway
Population (2010)
• Total	11,276
• Rank	97 in Norway
• Density	20/km2 (50/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	10 %
Demonym(s)	Orkdaling
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1638
Official language form	Neutral
Website	www.orkdal.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Orkdal is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Orkanger. Other villages in the municipality include Kjøra, Geitastrand, Gjølme, Thamshavn, Fannrem, Vormstad, Svorkmo, and Hoston.

Agriculture plays 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.

Orkdal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). 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. On 1 January 1963, the municipalities of Orkanger, Orkland, and Geitastrand were merged with Orkdal to form a new, larger municipality of Orkdal.