Oppdal

Oppdal is a municipality located in the county of SØr-Trøndelag. The municipality was created on January 1st 1838.

Etymology

The name of the city comes from the old man Norrois Uppdalr. Upp means above and Dalr means valley, are worth.

Geography

Oppdal is bordered by the communes of Rennebu to the North-East, Surnadal in north, Sunndal in the west, Tynset in the east and Folldal in the South. The assembly line of Trollheimen is located on the municipality.

The surface of the city is equal to that of the county of Vestfold. The municipality is roughly at 545 meters of altitude. The climate which is continental includes/understands little precipitations (500 mm per annum). The winters are not too cold for the Norway (- 6,5° degrees of average in January). The average of July being of 11,5° over 12 midnight.

The territory of the commune includes/understands many forests with mainly birches, spruces. There are also several lakes of which most known is the Gjevilvatnet which includes/understands many tracks of excursions and ski touring. The mountain pastures present on the commune allows the breeding of sheep.

History

The first traces of settlement of Oppdal date from the Norwegian iron age. The city seemed to be with the crossroads of the roads for Trondheim, the west coast and the mountains of Dovrefjell. Oppdal was at the time mainly agricultural and one found many vestiges of places being used for the pagan rites. Objects coming from British Isles were in particular found; surely spoils of the raids Vikings.

Archaeological research proved that Oppdal thanks to an good organization as a whole was saved by the famines. With the arrival of the Christianity, 5 churches and vaults were built in the commune. Oppdal was used then as " city-étape" on the driving pilgrimage with the cathedral Saint Olaf de Trondheim. Place crowned for the time. Thus, the surrounding mountains were strewn with shelters.

During the epidemic of Black Death, Oppdal was touched hard and of many farms closed. Moreover, the fall of the temperatures worsened the fall of the population of Oppdal. Finally in 1742, the near total of the population dies of hunger.

Estimates show that the population of Oppdal rose in 1665 with 2200 inhabitants. The current church was built in the years 1600. During the years 1800, the rise of the birthrate and the fall of mortality naturally led has a strong increase in population. Agriculture could not answer however any more waitings of the population which has to some extent migrated auix the United States.

The year 1952 sees the opening of the first ski-lift which goes led the commune to become one of the most important ski stations of the Norway.

References

The Heart off Norway by Frank No5el Stagg, George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., 1953.
Adventure Roads in Norway by Erling Welle-Strand, Nortrabooks, 1996. ISBN 82-90103-71-9
Oppdals Historie - Hovudlinjer og Tidsbilde, 2002. ISBN 82-7083-269-3

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