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Country
  
Norway

District
  
Fosen

Area rank
  
243 in Norway

Area
  
383.8 km²

Local time
  
Friday 1:09 AM

County
  
Sør-Trøndelag

Administrative centre
  
Botngård

Demonym(s)
  
Bjugning

Population
  
4,548 (2010)

Official language form
  
Bokmål

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Weather
  
-2°C, Wind SE at 8 km/h, 91% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Asenvågøy Lighthouse, Kallestranda

Bjugn is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The village of Botngård is the administrative centre of Bjugn municipality. Other villages in Bjugn include Høybakken, Jøssund, Lysøysundet, Nes, Oksvoll, and Vallersund.

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Map of Bjugn, Norway

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 Åfjord to Bjugn. On 1 January 1899, the western district of Nes (population: 1,285) and the southern district of Skjørn (population: 2,166) were separated from Bjugn. This left Bjugn with 1,256. On 1 January 1964, Nes, Jøssund, and the northern part of Stjørna were all merged with Bjugn to create a new, larger municipality of Bjugn. The population of Bjugn then increased from 1,240 to 4,940. Bjugn was on the Robek-list in 2015.

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.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were 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 has three parishes (sokn) within the municipality of Bjugn. It is part of the Deanery (prosti) of Fosen and the Diocese of Nidaros.

Geography

The municipality of Bjugn is located on the Fosen peninsula on the mainland, plus many islands, including the Tarva islands. The Asenvågøy lighthouse is located in the far north of the municipality. The Bjugnfjorden and Stjørnfjord both are located partially in Bjugn.

Neighboring Bjugn is 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 23,441 decares (23.441 km2; 9.051 sq mi) 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 (through 10th grade), 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.

Municipal council

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Bjugn is made up of 21 representatives that are elected to every four years. Currently, the party breakdown is as follows:

References

Bjugn Wikipedia


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