page_title: Meldal
section_title: General information
hierarchical_section_title: Meldal / General information
caption_attribution_description: English: Storåsfestivalen from the air
context_page_description: Meldal is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it joined Orkland Municipality. It was part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Meldal. Other villages included Løkken Verk, Bjørnli, Å, and Storås.
  The municipality was most renowned for its mining activities at Løkken Verk, being the birthplace of the Orkla mining company, now Orkla Group. It was also home to the annual Storåsfestivalen music festival.
  At the time of its dissolution in 2020, the 613-square-kilometre municipality was the 184th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Meldal was also the 233rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,930. The municipality's population density was 6.6 inhabitants per square kilometre and its population had increased by 1.5% over the previous decade.
context_section_description: The prestegjeld of Meldal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). In 1839, the southern district of Meldal was separated to form the new Rennebu Municipality.
  On 1 January 2018, the municipality switched from the old Sør-Trøndelag county to the new Trøndelag county.
  On 1 January 2020, the municipalities of Agdenes, Orkdal, and Meldal along with the majority of Snillfjord were merged to form the new municipality of Orkland.
caption: The area of the Storås Festival in Meldal
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