Oppdal (village)

Oppdal^ⓘ (locally: Auna^[3]) is the administrative centre of Oppdal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located at the junction of the European route E06 and the Norwegian National Road 70. The villages of Vognillan, Fagerhaug, and Holan are all located around Oppdal to the west, north, and south respectively. The 3.58-square-kilometre (880-acre) village has a population (2017) of 4,299 which gives the village a population density of 1,201 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,110/sq mi).^[1]

Oppdal Auna
Village
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Coordinates: 62.5943°N 09.6912°E / 62.5943; 09.6912
Country	Norway
Region	Central Norway
County	Trøndelag
District	Dovre
Municipality	Oppdal
Area [1]
• Total	3.58 km2 (1.38 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	545 m (1,788 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	4,310
• Density	1,204/km2 (3,120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	7340 Oppdal

The village of Oppdal is the site of the municipal government services as well as a school, mall, hotel, stores and businesses as well as the historic Oppdal Church. The Dovrebanen railway line passes through the village, stopping at the Oppdal Station.^[3]

Name

The village (originally the parish) is named after the old Oppdal farm, since that is where the Oppdal Church was located. The Old Norse form of the name was Uppdalr. The first element is upp which means "upper" and the last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale". Historically, the name was also spelled Opdal.^[4]

Notable people

See also: Oppdal § Notable_residents

Media gallery

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  Oppdal kulturhus
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  Skifer hotel
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  Domus shopping mall
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  Historic photo of the centre of Oppdal
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  Oppdal Church
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  Oppdal Station

References

1. Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2017). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
2. "Oppdal (Trøndelag)". yr.no. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
3. Haugen, Morten, ed. (2017-07-14). "Oppdal – tettstedet". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
4. Rygh, Oluf (1901). Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Trondhjems amt (in Norwegian) (14 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 178.

External links

Media related to Oppdal (village) at Wikimedia Commons