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Meldal
Meldal is a village and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen region.
The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Meldal. The village of Meldal has a population (2013) of 628, giving the village a population density of . Other villages include Løkken Verk, Bjørnli, and Storås.
The municipality is most renowned for its mining activities at Løkken Verk, being the birthplace of the Orkla mining company, now Orkla Group. It is also home to the annual Storåsfestivalen music festival.