Editing Oppdal Municipality (section)

==General information==
[[File:Utsikt_over_Oppdal.jpg|thumb|left|230px|Oppdal is situated where two valleys meet, surrounded by mountains]]
The [[prestegjeld]] of Oppdal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). The municipal boundaries have not changed since that time.<ref name="Dag">{{Cite web |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |year=1999 |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |language=no |isbn=9788253746845}}</ref> On 1 January 2018, the municipality switched from the old [[Sør-Trøndelag]] county to the new [[Trøndelag]] county.

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''[[Oppdal (village)|Oppdal]]'' farm ({{langx|non|Uppdalr}}) since the first [[Oppdal Church]] was built there. The first element is {{lang|non|upp}} which means "upper". The last element is {{lang|non|dalr}} which means "[[valley]]" or "dale". Historically, the name was also spelled ''Opdal''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |author-link=Oluf Rygh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AGxBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Trondhjems amt |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |year=1901 |edition=14 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=178 |language=no}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 19 February 1982 (they were re-approved on 13 May 1983 after the government slightly changed the wording of the blazon). The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], three [[Pile (heraldry)|piles]] [[argent]] conjoined [[Pall (heraldry)|in pall]]"'' ({{langx|no|I blått tre motstøtende sølv spisser i form av et gaffelkors}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is three triangles that meet in the centre, forming a Y-shaped design. The triangle design has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[argent]] which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The design was nicknamed "meeting of ways" ({{langx|no|vegamot}}) representing three important roads that meet in Oppdal, making it a major centre of commerce and transportation. One road comes from [[Dombås]] in the south going over the [[Dovre Mountains]], one road comes from [[Sunndalsøra]] in [[Nordmøre]] from west, and the third road comes from [[Trondheim]] in the north(east). Historically, this area was a gathering place due to its central location. The arms were designed by Einar H. Skjervold. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Oppdal |access-date=2023-02-16 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Oppdal, South Trøndelag (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-16-34.html |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1983-07-07 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1983-05-13-951 |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has three parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Oppdal Municipality. It is part of the [[Gauldal prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Nidaros]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Oppdal'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|Fagerhaug||[[Fagerhaug Chapel]]||[[Fagerhaugen]]||1921
|-
|Lønset||[[Lønset Chapel]]||[[Lønset]]||1863
|-
|rowspan="2"|Oppdal||[[Oppdal Church]]||[[Oppdal (village)|Oppdal]]||1651
|-
|[[St. Mikael's Chapel]]||south of [[Driva, Trøndelag|Holan]]||2012
|}