(locally: ''Auna'') is the

administrative centre An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

Oppdal Municipality is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Dovre region and the traditional district of Orkdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Oppdal (village), village of Oppdal. Other villages in the municipalit ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmar ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. The village is located at the junction of the

European route E06 European route E6 ( no, Europavei 6, sv, Europaväg 6, or simply E6) is the main north-south thoroughfare through Norway as well as the west coast of Sweden. It is long and runs from the southern tip of Sweden at Trelleborg, into Norway and thr ...

and the

Norwegian National Road 70 National Road 70 ( no, Riksvei 70) is a long national highway that runs from the town of Kristiansund in Kristiansund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county and the village of Oppdal in Oppdal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The ro ...

. The villages of

Vognillan Vognillan is a village in Oppdal municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the Norwegian National Road 70, about east of the village of Lønset, about west of the municipal center of Oppdal, and about south of th ...

Fagerhaug Fagerhaug or Fagerhaugen is a village in Oppdal municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the European route E6 highway, about northeast of the village of Oppdal. Fagerhaug is located just south of the municipal b ...

, and

Holan Holan is a small village in the municipality of Oppdal in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along the European route E6 highway and along the river Driva at the northern end of the Drivdalen valley. It is about south of the municip ...

are all located around Oppdal to the west, north, and south respectively. The village has a population (2017) of 4,299 which gives the village a

population density Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopul ...

of . The village of Oppdal is the site of the municipal government services as well as a school, mall, hotel, stores and businesses as well as the historic

Oppdal Church Oppdal Church ( no, Oppdal kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Oppdal municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at the Vang farm, near Norwegian National Road 70, just west of the village of Oppdal. It is the main ...

. The

Dovrebanen The Dovre Line ( no, Dovrebanen) is a Norwegian railway line with three slightly different lines which all lead to the historic city of Trondheim. Definition *Dovre Line is the current name of the 548 km main line of the Norwegian railway s ...

railway line passes through the village, stopping at the

Oppdal Station Oppdal Station ( no, Oppdal stasjon) is a railway station located in downtown Oppdal in the municipality of Oppdal in Trøndelag county, Norway. It sits close to the European route E06 highway, just northwest of the mountain Allmannberget. The v ...

Name

The village (originally the

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...

) is named after the old ''Oppdal'' farm, since that is where the

was located. The

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

form of the name was ''Uppdalr''. The first element is ''upp'' which means "upper" and the last element is ''dalr'' which means "

valley A valley is an elongated low area often running between Hill, hills or Mountain, mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers ...

" or "dale". Historically, the name was also spelled ''Opdal''.

Notable people

Media gallery

Oppdal kulturhus 1.JPG, Oppdal kulturhus Skifer hotell på Oppdal (01).JPG, Skifer hotel Domus Oppdal.JPG, Domus shopping mall Oppdal sentrum old.jpg, Historic photo of the centre of Oppdal Oppdal kyrkje.jpg,

Oppdal train station 2007.jpg,

References

External links

{{Authority control Villages in Trøndelag Oppdal