Berkåk
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Berkåk is a village and administrative centre of 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...

 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...

. It 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....

 and the European route E6
European route E6
European route E 6 is the designation for the main north-south road in Norway, and the west coast of Sweden, running from the southern tip of Sweden, at Trelleborg, into Norway and through almost all of the country north to Finnmark. The route ends close to the Norwegian border with Russia...

 highway. The village lies about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of Ulsberg
Ulsberg
Ulsberg is a village in the municipality of Rennebu in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the Orkla River about south of the village of Berkåk and about northwest of Innset....

 and 8 kilometres (5 mi) southeast of Stamnan
Stamnan
Stamnan is a village in the municipality of Rennebu in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the Orkla River about south of the village of Voll, about northwest of Berkåk, and about east of Nerskogen....

. The Berkåk Station
Berkåk Station
Berkåk Station is a railway station located in Berkåk in the municipality of Rennebu in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located close to European route E6 in the village of Berkåk....

 on the Dovrebanen
Dovrebanen
The Dovre Line is the main line of the Norwegian railway system between Oslo and Trondheim. The 64 km section south of Eidsvoll has been replaced by the Gardermo Line, the only high-speed line in the country. The line between Eidsvoll and Dombås is from old times the Eidsvoll–Dombås Line. The line...

 railway is located in the village. Berkåk Church
Berkåk Church
Berkåk Church is a parish church in the municipality of Rennebu in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Berkåk, just west of the European route E6 highway. The church was built in 1878 by Henrik Nissen in a Neo-Gothic style. The church can hold up to 200 people.The...

 is located in the village.

The 1.27 square kilometres (313.8 acre) village of Berkåk has a population (2009) of 950. 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...

in the village is 748 PD/km2.
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