Vinje is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county,

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. The municipality existed from 1924 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality encompassed the areas around the inner Vinjefjorden and the Søo river valley in what is now the southern part of the present-day municipality of Heim. The administrative centre was the village of Vinjeøra. The lake Vasslivatnet lies in the eastern part of Vinje.

History

Originally (since 1838), Vinje was a part of the municipality of

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(see formannskapsdistrikt). Historically, the parish annex of Vinje actually belonged to

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county while the main parish of Hemne belonged to Søndre Trondhjem county. But according to the 1837 formannskapsdistrikt law, a parish could no longer be divided between two counties, so the annex of Vinje had to be transferred to the county of Søndre Trondhjem. On 1 July 1924, the large municipality of Hemne was divided into Vinje municipality (population: 716) in the south,

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municipality (population: 776) in the east, and the rest of the municipality (population: 2,030) remained as Hemne. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1964, the neighboring municipalities of Vinje (population: 576),

(population: 2,325), and the western part of the municipality of Heim (population: 711) were merged to form a new, enlarged municipality of

Name

The municipality of Vinje (originally the parish annex) was named after the old Vinje farm ( non, Vinjar), since the first Vinje Church was built there. The name is the plural form of ''vin'' which means "meadow" or "pasture".

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Vinje, are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services,

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services,

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and other social services,

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, and municipal

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s. The municipality is governed by a

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representatives, which in turn elects a

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Municipal council

The

of Vinje was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The

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breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vinje, Sor-Trondelag Heim, Norway Former municipalities of Norway 1924 establishments in Norway 1964 disestablishments in Norway