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 Ørland is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. Ørland is located at the southwestern tip of the Fosen peninsula at the northern shore of the mouth of Trondheimsfjord where the Stjørnfjorden arm b ...

. It was part of the

Fosen Fosen is a traditional district in Trøndelag, consisting of the municipalities Osen, Roan Åfjord, Ørland, Indre Fosen, Orkland, Heim, Hitra and Frøya. The district is dominated by forested valleys, lakes, coastal cliffs but also shallow a ...

region. The village of

Botngård Botngård is the administrative centre of the municipality of Ørland in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located at the end of the Bjugnfjorden. It is about north of the village of Høybakken, about east of the village of Nes, and ...

was the

administrative centre An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

of Bjugn municipality. Other villages in Bjugn included

Høybakken Høybakken is a village in the municipality of Ørland in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along the Stjørnfjorden, about south of the municipal center of Bjugn. The area was once part of the municipality of Stjørna. The village is hom ...

, Jøssund, Lysøysundet, Nes, Oksvoll, and Vallersund. Bjugn was on the Robek-list in 2015. At the time of its dissolution in 2020, the municipality was the 245th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Bjugn was the 207th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,864. The municipality's population density was and its population had increased by 5.6% over the last decade.

General information

The municipality of Bjugn was established in 1853 when it was separated from the large municipality of Ørland. Initially, Bjugn had 2,903 residents. On 26 March 1870, a royal resolution moved an unpopulated part of Aafjord to Bjugn. On 1 January 1899, the municipality of Bjugn was divided into three municipalities. The western district (population: 1,285) became the municipality of Nes. The southern district (population: 2,166) became the municipality of Skjørn. The rest of the municipality (population: 1,256) remained the (much smaller) municipality of Bjugn. 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 Nes (population: 1,107), Jøssund (population: 1,917), Bjugn (population: 1,240), and the northern part of the municipality of

Stjørna Stjørna is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1899 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality encompassed the land surrounding the Stjørnfjorden in what is now the municipali ...

(population: 676) were all merged to create a new, larger municipality called Bjugn. The population of Bjugn then increased from 1,240 to 4,940. On 1 January 2018, the municipality switched from the old

Sør-Trøndelag Sør-Trøndelag () was a county comprising the southern portion of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Nord-Trøndelag county as well as the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, and Hedmark. To the west is the No ...

county to the new Trøndelag county. On 1 January 2020, the neighboring municipalities of Bjugn and Ørland merged to become a single municipality called ''Ørland'' with its

Name

The Old Norse form of the name was (also) ''Bjugn''. The name is derived from ''bjúgr'' which means "bent", probably referring to the bent form of the local fjord, the

Bjugnfjorden The Bjugnfjorden is a fjord in Ørland Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The long fjord begins at the village of Botngård and it heads to the west past the Kjeungskjær Lighthouse into the Atlantic Ocean. Other villages along the fjord ...

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 17 February 1989. The arms show a yellow rudder on a blue background, representing the historic importance of fishing in the municipality.

Churches

The

Church of Norway The Church of Norway ( nb, Den norske kirke, nn, Den norske kyrkja, se, Norgga girku, sma, Nöörjen gærhkoe) is an evangelical Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity and by far the largest Christian church in Norway. The church b ...

had three parishes () within the municipality of Bjugn. It was part of the Fosen prosti (

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) in the Diocese of Nidaros.

Geography

The municipality of Bjugn is located on the

peninsula on the mainland, plus many islands, including the Tarva islands. The Asenvågøy Lighthouse is located in the far north of the municipality. The

and Stjørnfjorden both are located partially in Bjugn. Neighboring Bjugn were the municipality of Ørland to the southwest, Rissa to the south and southeast, and Åfjord to the northeast. There are five nature reserves in Bjugn. Hildremsvatnet Nature Reserve is the largest at and includes several nature types, among these are 9 localities identified as boreal rainforest (see Scandinavian coastal conifer forests).

Sports

The Fosenhallen are an indoor multi-use ice rink. The Fosenhallen was used to host the 2014 World Junior Speed Skating Championships.

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Bjugn, are responsible for

primary education Primary education or elementary education is typically the first stage of formal education, coming after preschool/kindergarten and before secondary school. Primary education takes place in ''primary schools'', ''elementary schools'', or first ...

(through 10th grade), outpatient

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, senior citizen services, unemployment and other

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, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. They are governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elect a mayor. The municipality fell under the Fosen District Court and the Frostating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council () of Bjugn was made up of 21 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

References

External links

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Municipal fact sheet
from

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