Hemne


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 runs through the southern part of Hemne.
At the time of its dissolution in 2020, the municipality is the 169th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Hemne is the 225th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,225. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 0.2% over the last decade.

General information

Hemne was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. On 1 January 1911, the northern district of Heim was separated from Hemne to form a municipality of its own. This left Hemne with 3,425 residents. On 1 July 1924, Hemne was further divided with the eastern district of Snillfjord and the southern district of Vinje were separated from Hemne to form separate municipalities. After the division, Hemne had 2,030 residents remaining.
During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the neighboring municipalities of Vinje and the parts of Heim west of the Hemnfjorden, were merged into Hemne. On 1 January 2008, the Fossdalen farm was transferred from the neighboring municipality of Rindal to Hemne.
On 1 January 2018, the municipality of Hemne switched from the old Sør-Trøndelag county to the new Trøndelag county.
On 1 January 2020, the municipality of Hemne merged with the Ytre Snillfjord area in the neighboring municipality of Snillfjord and the neighboring municipality of Halsa to form the new municipality of Heim.

Name

The name originally belonged to the Hemnfjorden. The name is derived from the word hǫfn which means "port" or "haven". Before 1918, the name was written Hevne.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 14 June 1991. The arms show five yellow hazelnuts on a red background. They symbolize the relatively large hazel forests near the village, which was of economic importance for the village in previous times.

Churches

The Church of Norway had three parishes within the municipality of Hemne. It is part of the Orkdal prosti within the Diocese of Nidaros.
Parish Church NameLocation of the ChurchYear Built
HeimHeim ChurchHeim1883
HemneHemne ChurchKyrksæterøra1817
VinjeVinje ChurchVinjeøra1820

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Hemne, are responsible for primary education, outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elect a mayor. The municipality falls under the Sør-Trøndelag District Court and the Frostating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council of Hemne is made up of 23 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Geography

Hemne was bordered on the east by the municipalities of Snillfjord and Orkdal, on the south by Rindal and Surnadal, and in the west by Aure and Halsa. To the north, across the waters of the Trondheimsleia lies the municipality of Hitra.
The Hemnfjorden forms the border between Hemne and Snillfjord. The Vinjefjorden is located in the southwestern side of the municipality and the lake Vasslivatnet lies in the southeast. In the south near Vinjeøra, there are several hiking trails to mountain lodges such as Sollia.
The Grønkjølen Nature Reserve lies in the extreme south of the municipality.