Hemne Municipality
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Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Trøndelag
- District
- Fosen
- Established
- 1 Jan 1838
- Created as
- Formannskapsdistrikt
- Disestablished
- 1 Jan 2020
- Succeeded by
- Heim Municipality
- Administrative centre
- Kyrksæterøra
- Mayor 2015 2019
- Odd Jarle Svanem ( Sp )
- Total
- 669.90 km (258.65 sq mi)
- Land
- 635.13 km (245.23 sq mi)
- Water
- 34.77 km (13.42 sq mi) 5.2%
- Rank
- # 168 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 1,039.96 m (3,411.9 ft)
- Density
- 6.3/km (16/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- +0.1%
- Demonym
- Hemnværing
- Norwegian form
- Neutral
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Government
- Founded
- 1838
- Location
- Kyrksæterøra, Norway
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.458127.d
Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- hemnværing
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Trøndelag
- Capital
- Kyrksæterøra
- Population
- 4260
- Area
- 0.2301251320277431
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Hitra Municipality
- Official website
- www.hemne.kommune.no
- Image
- Kyrksæterøra (001).jpg
- Households
- 85
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- Commons category
- Hemne
- topic's main category
- Category:Hemne
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2019-12-31
- replaced by
- Heim Municipality
- language used
- Nynorsk
- located in the present-day administrative territorial entity
- Heim Municipality
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Encyclopedic overview
Hemne is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was incorporated into Heim Municipality. It was part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Kyrksæterøra. Other villages included Heim, Hellandsjøen, Holla, and Vinjeøra. The European route E39 highway passed through the southern part of the municipality.
Prior to its dissolution in 2020, the 670-square-kilometre (260 sq mi) municipality is the 168th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Hemne Municipality was the 225th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,228. The municipality's population density was 6.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (16/sq mi) and its population has increased by 0.07% over the previous 10-year period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hemne Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.