Meldal (village)

Meldal
Meldal ; Meldal Sentrum
	Village
	Meldal Location of the village Meldal Meldal (Norway)
	Coordinates: 63.0472°N 09.7139°E
Country	Norway
Region	Central Norway
County	Trøndelag
District	Orkdalen
Municipality	Melhus
Area [1]
• Total	0.81 km2 (0.31 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	143 m (469 ft)
Population (2018)[1]
• Total	658
• Density	812/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	7336 Meldal

Meldal or Meldal Sentrum is the administrative centre of Melhus municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway.[3] The village is located in the Orkdalen valley, along the river Orkla. The village of Å lies about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) to the south, the village of Løkken Verk lies about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the north, and the village of Storås lies about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) to the northwest.

The 0.81-square-kilometre (200-acre) village has a population (2018) of 658 and a population density of 812 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,100/sq mi).[1]

The village is the site of the municipal government offices, a school and preschool, and Meldal Church.

Name

The Old Norse form of the name was Meðaldalr. The first element is meðal which means "middle" and the last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale". The municipality is named this probably because it is located in the middle of the Orkdalen valley. The name was historically spelled Meldalen.[4]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Meldal include:

Edvarda Lie (1910–1963), artist

References

Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2018). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
"Meldal (Trøndelag)". yr.no. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
Haugen, Morten, ed. (2017-08-20). "Meldal – tettsted". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
Rygh, Oluf (1901). Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Trondhjems amt (in Norwegian) (14 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 149.

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[ssb-1] Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2018). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".

[2] "Meldal (Trøndelag)". yr.no. Retrieved 2018-01-29.

[snl-3] Haugen, Morten, ed. (2017-08-20). "Meldal – tettsted". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-01-30.

[4] Rygh, Oluf (1901). Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Trondhjems amt (in Norwegian) (14 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 149.