page_title: Ørland
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Ørland / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Landscape of en:Ørland municipality, Norway. Seen from east-south-east; with Ryggen, Rønne, Uthaug and Hoøya
context_page_description: Ørland is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. Ørland 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 Botngård. Other larger settlements in Ørland include Brekstad, Uthaug, Opphaug, Ottersbo, Høybakken, Jøssund, Lysøysundet, Nes, Oksvoll, and Vallersund.
  The 457-square-kilometre municipality is the 220th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Ørland is the 111th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 10,323. The municipality's population density is 24.1 inhabitants per square kilometre and its population has increased by 6.8% over the previous 10-year period.
context_section_description: Ørland is on the Norwegian mainland, situated on the northern shore of the mouth of the Trondheimsfjord, and is largely flat lowland. Ørland faces the Norwegian Sea to the west with Trondheimsfjord and the mouth of the Stjørnfjord to the east. Ørland's topography differs markedly from most other areas in Norway.  Only 2% of the municipality exceeds an altitude of 160 metres (520 ft) above sea level. Ørland consists of wide open spaces mainly used by Norway's Ørland Main Air Station, agriculture, nature conservation areas and residential neighborhoods.  The municipality also includes three inhabited islands (Garten, Kråkvåg and Storfosna) as well as many islets. The Kjeungskjær lighthouse lies at the mouth of the Bjugnfjorden in the northeastern part of the municipality.
  The highest peak, Osplikammen at 285 metres (935 ft) above sea level, is located within Rusaset that forms a mountainous area in the eastern parts of the municipality.  Fosenheia, a peak south of Storfosna, is also highly visible in the landscape. 
  The Convention on Wetlands, called the Ramsar Convention, is an intergovernmental treaty that provides the framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources.  Ørland has four Ramsar areas: Grandefjæra nature conservancy, and the wildlife protection areas of Hovsfjæra, Innstrandfjæra, and Kråkvågsvaet, all of which are significant for seabirds, wading birds and migratory birds.  The area around Rusasetvatnet is important for bird life. Austråttlunden landscape conservancy also has protected status.
caption: Ørland is coastal lowland
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