Ørland

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Ørland kommune

Administrative centre

Brekstad

Mayor (2003)

Hallgeir Grøntvedt (Sp)

Official language form

Bokmål

Area
- Total
- Land
- Percentage

Ranked 401
74 km²
73 km²
0.02 %

Population
- Total (2004)
- Percentage
- Change (10 years)
- Density

Ranked 189
5,169
0.11 %
4.5 %
70/km²

Coordinates

63°42′N 9°36′E

www.orland.kommune.no

Data from Statistics Norway

Coordinates: 63°42′N 9°36′E

Uthaug habour and village and the north coast of Ørland

Ørland is a municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. Major occupations are Ørland Main Air Station (of the Royal Norwegian Air Force), agriculture, public service, and commerce. Large industries are the Tine white cheese dairy and the Mascot Høie bedclothes factory. Brekstad, Uthaug and Opphaug are the largest villages in Ørland. Ørland declared township in 2006 and was then newest town of Norway. Brekstad is being markeded as the town.

Major attractions are the Ramsar Convention Bird Protection areas, the coastal areas themselves, the Manor of Austrått, dated 1656 and with a known history from around 1000 AD, and the single, large Sessile oak (the northernmost in the world, known as Austråtteika) in the nearby forest^[1]; and of course the fortifications of the triple 28-cm gun turret from WW2, which is now open to public viewing.

The mouth of Trondheimsfjorden with the Ørland peninsula to the left

Kjeungskjær lighthouse, which can be rented

[edit] Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1979) - but it has old roots: It is taken from the seal of Lady Inger of Oestraat.

[edit] References

^ Austråttlunden

Municipalities of Sør-Trøndelag
Agdenes \| Bjugn \| Frøya \| Hemne \| Hitra \| Holtålen \| Klæbu \| Malvik \| Meldal \| Melhus \| Midtre Gauldal \| Oppdal \| Orkdal \| Osen \| Rennebu \| Rissa \| Roan \| Røros \| Selbu \| Skaun \| Snillfjord \| Trondheim \| Tydal \| Ørland \| Åfjord