- Hemne
Infobox_Kommune
name=Hemne
idnumber=1612
county=Sør-Trøndelag
landscape=Orkdalen
capital=Kyrksæterøra
governor=Gunnar N. Hynne (Sp)
governor_as_of=2003
arearank=168
area=662
arealand=628
areapercent=0.20
population_as_of=2006
populationrank=222
population=4,293 populationpercent=0.09
populationdensity=7
populationincrease=0.5
demonym=Hemnværing
language=Neutral
lat_deg=63| lat_min=16| lat_sec=16| lon_deg=9| lon_min=3| lon_sec=21
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=7015821 |utm_easting=0502805| geo_cat=adm2nd
munwebpage=www.hemne.kommune.noHemne is a municipality in the county of
Sør-Trøndelag , Norway.Hemne was established as a municipality on
1 January 1838 (seeformannskapsdistrikt ). Heim was separated from Hemne on1 January 1911 .Snillfjord and Vinje were separated from Hemne on1 July 1924 . Vinje, and the western part of Heim, were again merged with Hemne on1 January 1964 .The administrative centre of the municipality is
Kyrksæterøra .It is bordered on the east by the municipalities of
Snillfjord andOrkdal , on the south byRindal andSurnadal , and in the west byAure andHalsa . To the north, across the waters of theTrondheimsleia liesHitra .The name
The name (
Old Norse "Hefn") originally belonged to the fjordHemnefjorden . The name is derived from the word "höfn" f 'port, haven' (referring to the good port ofHemnskjel ).Until 1918 the name was written "Hevne".
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1991). It shows five
hazelnut s. (There is a large hazel wood in the municipality.)References
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