Orkdal

Norwegian Bokmål nb: Alternative forms nb Ørkedal archaic, Danicized Proper noun nb proper noun nb municipality co/Trøndelag c/Norway which existed until 1 January 2020. Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Etymology Related to the river name no Orkla. The second part -dal is from Norwegian nn dal valley. Proper noun nn proper noun m nn municipality co/Trøndelag c/Norway, which existed until January 1. 2020. The former municipality of Orkland was between 1920-1963 not a part of Orkdal herad. After January 1. 2020, the Orkdal became part of a new, bigger municipality, which got the same name as the former municipality of Orkland a valley on the lower part of Orkla river, where the main part of Orkdal municipality was situated. Roughly the same as Lower Orkladal. May include or not include the former district of Orkland, which existed until 1963.