Å, Orkland Explained

Official Name:Å
Other Name:Å Sentrum
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Trøndelag#Norway
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Norway
Subdivision Name1:Central Norway
Subdivision Name2:Trøndelag
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Orkdalen
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Orkland
Utc Offset1:+01:00
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02:00
Postal Code Type:Post Code
Postal Code:7335 Jerpstad
Coordinates:62.9848°N 9.7414°W
Elevation M:161
Elevation Footnotes:[1]

Å or Å Sentrum is a village in the municipality of Orkland in Trøndelag county, Norway. It lies along the Orkla River, about north of the border with the municipality of Rennebu.[2]

Å, has the postal address 7335 Jerpstad, to distinguish it from other places named Å. Agriculture is one of the village's most important industries. A person named Jo Aa, who died in the 1990s, lived in the village of Å, and he had the shortest name in Norway.

Name

The village (originally a farm) is first mentioned around 1435 "af Aam" (dative plural). The name is from the Old Norse Ár, the plural of á, meaning "(small) river". The name refers to the fact that the farm is lying between two rivers: the Orkla River and Reisa River. Until 1917, Å was spelled Aa.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Å, Meldal (Trøndelag). yr.no. 2018-01-30.
  2. Web site: Å – Meldal. Store norske leksikon. Store norske leksikon. Norwegian. 2011-02-01.
  3. Book: Rygh, Oluf. Oluf Rygh

    . Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Trondhjems amt. 14. Oluf Rygh. W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. 1901. Kristiania, Norge. 157. Norwegian.