Editing Orkdal Municipality (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Svorkmo stasjon.jpg|thumb|right|[[Svorkmo Station]], Orkdal]]
A large part of the population was concentrated in the [[Orkanger]]/[[Fannrem]] area, which is situated at the head of the [[Orkdal Fjord|Orkdalsfjord]], a branch of the large [[Trondheimsfjord]]. The [[Orkla River]], one of the better [[salmon]] [[river]]s in Norway, meets the sea at Orkanger.

The [[lake]]s [[Hostovatnet]], [[Gangåsvatnet]], [[Våvatnet]] and [[Svorksjøen]] were located around the municipality. The highest point in the municipality was the {{convert|846.7|m|adj=on}} tall mountain Omnfjellvarden, in the western part of the municipality, near the border with [[Hemne Municipality]].<ref name="elev" />

[[Agdenes Municipality]], [[Snillfjord Municipality]] and [[Hemne Municipality]] were located to the northwest, [[Rindal Municipality]] and [[Meldal Municipality]] were to the south, and [[Melhus Municipality]] and [[Skaun Municipality]] were to the east, and [[Trondheim Municipality]] and [[Indre Fosen Municipality]] were to the northeast across the [[Trondheimsfjord]].