Ørland Municipality
Ørland Municipality
Ørland kommune | |
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| Ørlandet herred (historic name) | |
View of the shoreline of Ørland | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Trøndelag within Norway | |
Ørland within Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 63°47′N 09°48′E / 63.783°N 9.800°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Trøndelag |
| District | Fosen |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Bjugn |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Hallgeir Grøntvedt (Sp) |
| Area | |
• Total | 457.15 km2 (176.51 sq mi) |
| • Land | 429.10 km2 (165.68 sq mi) |
| • Water | 28.05 km2 (10.83 sq mi) 6.1% |
| • Rank | #218 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 492.57 m (1,616.0 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 10,522 |
| • Rank | #110 in Norway |
| • Density | 23/km2 (60/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +6.6% |
| Demonym | Ørlending |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-5057 |
| Website | Official website |
Ørland is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. Ørland Municipality is located at the southwestern tip of the Fosen peninsula at the northern shore of the mouth of Trondheimsfjord where the Stjørnfjorden arm begins. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bjugn. Other larger settlements in Ørland include the town of Brekstad and the villages of Uthaug, Opphaug, Ottersbo, Høybakken, Jøssund, Lysøysundet, Nes, Oksvoll, and Vallersund.
The 457-square-kilometre (176 sq mi) municipality is the 218th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Ørland Municipality is the 110th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 10,522. The municipality's population density is 23 inhabitants per square kilometre (60/sq mi) and its population has increased by 6.6% over the previous 10-year period.