Vormstad is village in the municipality of Orkdal

Orkdal

Orkdal is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Orkanger. Other villages in the municipality include Kjøra, Geitastrand, Gjølme, Thamshavn, Fannrem, Vormstad, Svorkmo, and...

 in Sør-Trøndelag

Sør-Trøndelag

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 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 along the Orkla River

Orkla River

The Orkla River is the longest river in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The long river follows the Orkdalen valley, discharging into the Orkdalsfjord, an arm of the Trondheimsfjord, at the village of Orkanger....

 between the villages of Svorkmo

Svorkmo

Svorkmo is village in the municipality of Orkdal in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is situated in the Orkdalen valley along the river Orkla about west-southwest of the city of Trondheim. Svorkmo is located about south of Vormstad and about south of Orkanger-Fannrem...

 and Fannrem

Fannrem

Fannrem is village in the municipality of Orkdal in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the Orkla River about south of Orkanger, Thamshavn, and Gjølme, and about north of Vormstad....

. The village of Hoston

Hoston, Sør-Trøndelag

Hoston is village in the municipality of Orkdal in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located on the northeastern shore of the lake Hostovatnet, about west of Vormstad and just north of the border with Meldal. The Søvasskjølen Church is located in the mountains about to the northwest...

 lies about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) west of Vormstad. The 0.31 square kilometres (76.6 acre) village of Vormstad has a population (2009) of 291. The 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 the village is 939 PD/km2.

Vormstad is a centre for salmon

Salmon

Salmon is the common name for several species of fish in the family Salmonidae. Several other fish in the same family are called trout; the difference is often said to be that salmon migrate and trout are resident, but this distinction does not strictly hold true...

 fishing in the Orkla River

Orkla River

The Orkla River is the longest river in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The long river follows the Orkdalen valley, discharging into the Orkdalsfjord, an arm of the Trondheimsfjord, at the village of Orkanger....

, and the population increases many times through the fishing season in June, July, and August.

The name of the village comes from the river Vorma which flows into the Orkla River

Orkla River

The Orkla River is the longest river in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The long river follows the Orkdalen valley, discharging into the Orkdalsfjord, an arm of the Trondheimsfjord, at the village of Orkanger....

 at Vormstad. The village was the municipal center of the old municipality of Orkland

Orkland

Orkland is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality encompassed the southern third of the present-day municipality of Orkdal. The main church of the municipality was Moe Church, just south of Vormstad. Most of the population in the municipality was based in the...

. Moe Church

Moe Church

Moe Church is a parish church in the municipality of Orkdal in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located in Vormstad, about south of Orkanger...

is located just south of Vormstad.