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Meldal
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| County | Sør-Trøndelag | |
| District | Orkdalen | |
| Municipality | NO-1636 | |
| Administrative centre | Meldal | |
| Mayor (2003) | Arne L. Haugen [pronounced HAW-gən] (Ap) | |
| Official language form | Neutral | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage |
Ranked 181 612 km² 592 km² 0.19 % |
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| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density |
Ranked 230 3,947 0.09 % -5.0 % 7/km² |
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| www.meldal.kommune.no |
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Meldal is a municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. It is most renowned for its mining activities at Løkken Mine in Løkken Verk, being the birthplace of the Orkla mining company, now Orkla Group.
The Norse form of the name was Meðaldalr. The first element is meðal 'middle', the last element is dalr m 'valley, dale'. The district is lying in the middle of the greater valley of Orkdalen.
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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 |
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