Midtre Gauldal

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Midtre Gauldal kommune
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Midtre Gauldal within Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 62°55′16″N 10°30′2″E / 62.92111, 10.50056
Country	Norway
County	Sør-Trøndelag
District	Gauldal]]
Municipality ID	NO-1648
Administrative centre	Støren
Government
- Mayor (2005)	Erling Lenvik (Ap)
Area (Nr. 35 in Norway)
- Total	1,860 km² (718.2 sq mi)
- Land	1,807 km² (697.7 sq mi)
Population (2008)
- Total	5,910
- Density	3/km² (7.8/sq mi)
- Change (10 years)	-2.8 %
- Rank in Norway	170
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Official language form	Neutral
Data from Statistics Norway
Website: www.midtre-gauldal.kommune.no

Midtre Gauldal is a municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway.

Midtre Gauldal was created as a new municipality January 1, 1964 - after the merger of the old municipalities of Budal, Singsås, Soknedal and Støren.

[edit] The name

The name was created in 1964. The meaning is 'the middle part of Gauldalen'.

[edit] Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1982). The Y-figure represents several items: The meeting of the vallies Gauldal and Soknedal at Støren - and also the meeting of roads and railways there. The church of Budal in the municipality (from 1754) is also shaped like an Y.

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