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Bjugn Municipality

former municipality in Trøndelag, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Trøndelag
District: Fosen
Preceded by: Ørland Municipality
Disestablished: 1 Jan 2020
Succeeded by: Ørland Municipality
Administrative centre: Botngård
Mayor 2014 2019: Ogne Undertun ( Ap )
Total: 383.82 km (148.19 sq mi)
Land: 355.85 km (137.39 sq mi)
Water: 27.97 km (10.80 sq mi) 7.3%
Rank: # 245 in Norway
Highest elevation: 492.5 m (1,616 ft)
Density: 12.8/km (33/sq mi)
Change 10 years: +8%
Demonym: Bjugning
Norwegian form: Bokmål
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )

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Bjugn is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1853 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was merged into Ørland Municipality. It was part of the Fosen region. The village of Botngård was the administrative centre of Bjugn Municipality. Other villages in Bjugn included Høybakken, Jøssund, Lysøysundet, Nes, Oksvoll, and Vallersund. Bjugn was on the Robek-list in 2015.

At the time of its dissolution in 2020, the 384-square-kilometre (148 sq mi) municipality was the 245th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Bjugn Municipality was the 205th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,904. The municipality's population density was 12.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (33/sq mi) and its population had increased by 8% over the last decade.