Meldal

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Meldal was a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway, known for its rural communities and historical mining activities before being merged into Orkland.

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Meldal canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former municipality
administrativeCentre Meldal village
climateType continental subarctic-influenced
coatOfArmsMotive mining symbol
pickaxe and shovel
contains Løkken Verk
Storås
Å
country Norway
countyBefore2018 Sør-Trøndelag
dissolvedOn 2020-01-01
economyTraditionallyBasedOn agriculture
forestry
mining
formerAdministrativeDivisionOf Norway
governedBy Meldal municipal council
linked to: Meldal municipality
hasChurch Løkken Church
Meldal Church
hasCulturalEvent Storåsfestivalen music festival
hasDemonym Meldaling
hasIndustryHistory copper mining
pyrite mining
hasLandscapeFeature agricultural valleys
forested hills
hasParish Meldal parish
linked to: Meldal village
hasPostalCodeRange 7330–7336
hasPrimarySector dairy farming
livestock farming
hasTransport Norwegian County Road 65
Norwegian County Road 700
hasValley Meldal valley
historicalRailway Thamshavn Line
knownFor historical mining activities
rural communities
languageOfficial Norwegian
linked to: Norwegian language
locatedIn Central Norway
linked to: central Norway

Orkla River valley
linked to: Orkla River

Trøndelag county
linked to: Trøndelag
locatedOnContinent Europe
mergedInto Orkland
municipalityId 5023
notableMine Løkken Mine
partOf Orkdalen region
regionType rural
religionMajority Church of Norway
timeZone CET
timeZoneDST CEST
traversedBy Orkla River

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Orkland formedByMergerOf Meldal
Orkland hasSettlement Meldal
Orkdalen hasPart Meldal
Morten Meldal familyName Meldal
Orkdal mergedWith Meldal
Rennebu splitFrom Meldal