Meldal Municipality

former municipality in Trøndelag, Norway

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%
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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.