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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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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.
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2 mapped locations