Hemnes

Infobox_Kommune
name=Hemnes
idnumber=1832
county=Nordland
landscape=Helgeland
capital=Korgen
governor=Kjell-Idar Juvik (Ap)
governor_as_of=2003
arearank=43
area=1589
arealand=1432
areapercent=0.49
population_as_of=2006
populationrank=210
population=4,542
populationpercent=0.10
populationdensity=3
populationincrease=-6.5
demonym=Hemnesværing
language=Neutral
lat_deg=66| lat_min=3| lat_sec=15| lon_deg=14| lon_min=1| lon_sec=50
utm_zone=33W| utm_northing=7326288 |utm_easting=0456106| geo_cat=adm2nd

munwebpage=www.hemnes.kommune.no

Hemnes is a municipality in the county of Nordland, Norway.The old municipality of Rana was divided into Hemnes (until 1844 named "Sør-Rana") and Nord-Rana in 1839. Korgen was separated from Hemnes July 1, 1918. Sør-Rana and Elsfjord were separated from Hemnes July 1, 1929. (After this the municipality of Hemnes only consisted of the village of Hemnesberget.) Korgen and Sør-Rana were again merged with Hemnes January 1, 1962.

The lake Røssvatnet (Reevhtse in Sami) is a lake and reservoir lying partially in Hemnes; it has been the site of human occupation since the Stone Age. Its area of 219 km² makes it the second largest lake in Norway by surface area.

The name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Hemnes (Norse "Heimnes"), since the first church was built there. The first element is "heimr" m 'home' (here in the sense 'closest to home'), the last element is "nes" n 'headland'.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1986). It shows a clip used for production of boats.

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