Å is a village in the municipality of Meldal

Meldal

Meldal is a village and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen region.The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Meldal. The village of Meldal has a population of 609. Other villages include Løkken Verk, Bjørnli, and Storås...

 in Sør-Trøndelag

Sør-Trøndelag

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 county, Norway

Norway

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. It is the southernmost of the four urban areas in the municipality: Meldal

Meldal

Meldal is a village and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen region.The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Meldal. The village of Meldal has a population of 609. Other villages include Løkken Verk, Bjørnli, and Storås...

, Løkken Verk

Løkken Verk

Løkken Verk is a village in the municipality of Meldal in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located south of Svorkmo , east of Bjørnli, and north of the municipal center of Meldal....

, Storås

Storås

Storås is a village in the municipality of Meldal in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along the Orkla River, about northwest of the village of Meldal. For most Norwegians, Storås is best known for hosting the annual Storåsfestivalen festival, since 2004. The nearest major city is...

, and Å. It lies 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....

, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of the border with the municipality of Rennebu

Rennebu

Rennebu 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 Berkåk, located along European route E6...

.

Å, has the postal address 7335 Jerpstad, to distinguish it from other places named Å. Agriculture

Agriculture

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 is one of the village's most important industries. A person named Jo Aa, who died in the 1990s, lived in the village of Å, and they had the shortest name in Norway.

Name

The village (originally a farm) is first mentioned around 1435 "af Aam" (dative plural

Plural

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). The name is from the Old Norse

Old Norse

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 Ár, the plural of á, meaning "(small) river". The name refers to the fact that the farm is lying between two rivers: 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 Reisa River. Until 1917, Å was spelled Aa.