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Historic Sites Attractions In Orland Municipality

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Ørland is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. Ørland is located at the southwestern tip of the Fosen peninsula at the northern shore of the mouth of Trondheimsfjord where the Stjørnfjorden arm begins. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Brekstad, which declared itself to be a city in 2005. Some of the villages in Ørland include Uthaug, Opphaug, and Ottersbo. The 73-square-kilometre municipality is the 395th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Ørland is the 193rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 5,291. The municipality's population densit...
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  • 2. Hegra Festning Stjordal
    The Battle of Hegra Fortress was a 25-day engagement in the 1940 Norwegian Campaign which saw a small force of Norwegian volunteers fighting numerically superior German forces from a fortified position. After initial fighting around the Meråker Line railway line, the Norwegians pulled back into Hegra Fortress and held off further German attacks before surrendering on 5 May as one of the last Norwegian units active in southern Norway.
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