Heim is a village in
Heim municipality in
Trøndelag
Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denma ...
county,
Norway
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. The village is located on the western shore of the
Hemnfjorden, about east of the village of
Hellandsjøen.
Heim Church is located in the village. The village was the
administrative centre of the
old municipality of Heim that existed from 1911 until 1964.
Name
The parish of Heim was established in 1884. It is named after the old ''Heim'' farm (
Old Norse
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: ''Heimr''), since the
Heim Church is built on its ground. The name is identical with the word ''heimr'' which means "home", "homestead", or "farm".
References
Villages in Trøndelag
Heim, Norway
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