Snillfjord is a former 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 ...

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. The municipality existed from 1924 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was split between the municipalities of

Hitra Hitra is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality covers the island of Hitra and hundreds smaller islands, islets, and skerries. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village ...

, Heim, and Orkland. 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 ar ...

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. The

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of the municipality was the village of

Krokstadøra Krokstadøra is the administrative center of the municipality of Orkland in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at the eastern end of the Snillfjorden, about east of the village of Ytre Snillfjord Ytre Snillfjord is a village in Heim Mu ...

. Other villages in Snillfjord included

Ytre Snillfjord Ytre Snillfjord is a village in Heim Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the Snillfjorden near where it joins the Hemnfjorden. It is located about west of the village of Krokstadøra and about northeast o ...

, Hemnskjela, Selnes and Vutudal. At the time of its dissolution in 2020, the municipality was the 209th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Snillfjord was the 394th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 987. The municipality's

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was and its population had decreased by 3.4% over the last decade.

General information

The municipality of Snillfjord was established on 1 July 1924 when it was separated from the large municipality of

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 ...

. The initial population was 776. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

Schei Committee The Schei Committee ( no, Schei-komitéen) was a committee named by the Government of Norway to look into the organization of municipalities in Norway post- World War II. It convened in 1946, and its formal name was (The 1946 Committee on Munici ...

. On 1 January 1964, the eastern part of the old municipality of Heim (population: 724) and the western part of the neighboring municipality of

Agdenes Agdenes is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1896 until its dissolution in 2020 when it became part of Orkland Municipality. It was part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre was the vi ...

(population: 196) were merged with Snillfjord (population: 681) to form a new, larger municipality of Snillfjord. On 1 January 1995, the Midtun area of

municipality (population: 21) was transferred to Snillfjord. A road to the area had recently been built, but it connected to Snillfjord and not Agdenes, so it was decided to switch to the other municipality due to the newly opened road connection. 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 N ...

county to the new

county. On 1 January 2020, the municipality of Snillfjord was dissolved and its lands were split between its three neighboring municipalities. The northwestern portion of Snillfjord joined the municipality of

, the southwestern

Vennastranda Ytre Snillfjord is a village in Heim Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the Snillfjorden near where it joins the Hemnfjorden. It is located about west of the village of Krokstadøra and about northeast o ...

area joined the new municipality of Heim, and the rest joined the new municipality of Orkland.

Name

The municipality was named after the

Snillfjorden The Snillfjorden is a fjord that branches off the main Hemnfjorden in the municipalities of Heim and Orkland in Trøndelag county, Norway. The long fjord starts at the village of Krokstadøra where the rivers ''Snildalselva'' and ''Bergselva ...

. The first element is probably an old river name of the Snilldalselva. The river name is derived from ''snild'' which comes from the word ''snjallr'' which means "fast" (related to German ''schnell'').

Coat of arms

The

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was adopted on 19 September 1990. The arms show a silver

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pointing down on a green background. It symbolizes the importance of

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in the municipality.

Churches

The

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had one parish () within the municipality of Snillfjord. It is part of the

Orkdal prosti This list of churches in Nidaros is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Nidaros which covers all of Trøndelag county in Norway. The list is divided into several sections, one for each deanery in the diocese. Administrati ...

(

deanery A deanery (or decanate) is an ecclesiastical entity in the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, the Evangelical Church in Germany, and the Church of Norway. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or reside ...

) in the

Diocese of Nidaros Nidaros is a diocese in the Lutheran Church of Norway. It covers Trøndelag county in Central Norway and its cathedral city is Trondheim, which houses the well-known Nidaros Cathedral. Since 10 September 2017, the Bishop of Nidaros is Herborg ...

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Snillfjord, are responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient

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senior citizen Old age refers to ages nearing or surpassing the life expectancy of human beings, and is thus the end of the human life cycle. Terms and euphemisms for people at this age include old people, the elderly (worldwide usage), OAPs (British usage ...

services,

unemployment Unemployment, according to the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), is people above a specified age (usually 15) not being in paid employment or self-employment but currently available for work during the refe ...

and other

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, and municipal

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s. The municipality is governed by a

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of elected representatives, which in turn elect a

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. The municipality falls under the Trøndelag District Court and the Frostating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The

() of Snillfjord is made up of 17 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The

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breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Geography

The municipality of Snillfjord was located south of the

Trondheimsleia The Trondheimsleia is a strait in Møre og Romsdal and Trøndelag counties in Norway. The long strait runs between the islands of Smøla and Hitra and the mainland municipalities of Aure, Heim, and Orkland. The strait has several fjords which ...

and east of the

Hemnfjorden The Hemnfjorden is a fjord in Trøndelag county in Norway. The long fjord forms the boundary between the municipalities of Heim, Hitra, and Orkland. The fjord begins at the village of Kyrksæterøra at the mouths of the rivers Søo and Haugae ...

. The Åstfjorden and

flowed east from the Hemnfjorden into the municipality. The lake Våvatnet was located on the border with

Orkdal Orkdal is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it joined Orkland Municipality. It was part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipali ...

in the southeast. The island of Hemnskjela lies in the Trondheimsleia in the north, and it is the southern entrance to the

Hitra Tunnel The Hitra Tunnel ( no, Hitratunnelen) is an undersea tunnel in Hitra Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The tunnel connects the island of Hitra to the mainland. The tunnel is long and reaches a depth of below sea level, making it the ...

. The municipality of Snillfjord was surrounded by four municipalities. The municipality of

lies to the southwest,

is to the northwest,

to the northeast, and

to the southeast.

References

External links

*
Municipal fact sheet
from

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