Opphaug is a village in the municipality of Ørland

Ørland

Ørland is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Brekstad. Other villages include Uthaug, Opphaug, and Ottersbo...

 in Sør-Trøndelag

Sør-Trøndelag

- References :...

 county, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. The village is located on the Ørland peninsula

Peninsula

A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....

 about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of the village of Uthaug

Uthaug

Uthaug is a village in the municipality of Ørland in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the south shore of the Bjugnfjorden about west of the village of Opphaug, about north of the town of Brekstad, and about east of the Kjeungskjær lighthouse. Ørland Airport lies just south of the...

, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northwest of Ottersbo

Ottersbo

Ottersbo is a village in the municipality of Ørland in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along the Stjørnfjord, about east of the Austrått manor near the border with Bjugn....

 and Austrått

Austrått

thumb|The manor’s entry portal with the coat of arms carved in [[soapstone]].Austrått or Austrått Manor is a manor in Ørland municipality, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. Since the 10th century Austrått has been the residence for many noblemen, noblewomen and officials who played a significant role in...

, and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northeast of Brekstad

Brekstad

Brekstad is the administrative centre of the municipality of Ørland in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the Trondheimsfjord at the entrance to the Stjørnfjord. It is about south of Uthaug and about west of Austrått and Ottersbo....

.

The 0.55 square kilometres (135.9 acre) village has a population (2009) of 361. This gives the village a population density

Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...

of 656 PD/km2. Opphaug has small-scale industry and a grain mill.