Kinn
| Kinn | |
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| Coordinates: 61°33′59″N 04°45′25″E / 61.56639°N 4.75694°ECoordinates: 61°33′59″N 04°45′25″E / 61.56639°N 4.75694°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Sogn og Fjordane |
| District | Sunnfjord |
| Municipality ID | NO-1437 |
| Admin. Center | Kinn |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 159 km2 (61 sq mi) |
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| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 315 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+01:00) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+02:00) |
| Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt in 1964 |
| Merged into | Flora in 1964 |
Kinn is a small island west of the town of Florø in the municipality of Flora, Norway. The island lies about 600 metres (2,000 ft) west of the neighboring island of Reksta and the village of Rognaldsvåg, which is the main population center for the area. Kinn is best known for the Kinn kyrkje (church), which probably dates from around year 1000, and the Kinnaspelet, a historical play which is performed every summer.
Kinn is also a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was a very large municipality starting in 1838, and as time passed, it got smaller and smaller as parts were separated from it. In 1964, Kinn was merged into Flora. Kinn is still a parish in the municipality of Flora.
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[edit] Name
The municipality (and the island) were named after the old Kinn farm (Old Norse: Kinn) since the church is located there. The name is identical with the word for "cheek", referring to the steep slope of a mountain on the island.[2]
[edit] History
Kinn was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 3 January 1861, the city of Florø (population: 846) was founded and separated from the municipality of Kinn. This left 6,531 residents in Kinn. Then on 1 January 1866, Bremanger (population: 1,852) was separated from Kinn to form its own municipality. After the split, Kinn was left with 4,679 inhabitants.
On 1 January 1923, Kinn was split into three separate municipalities: Kinn, Bru, and Eikefjord. The split left Kinn with 2,508 inhabitants. On 1 January 1964, a merger took place which reunited Kinn with the city of Florø, the municipality of Eikefjord, and parts of the municipalities of Bru, Bremanger, and Vevring to form the new municipality of Flora. Before the merger Kinn had a population of 3,567.[3]
[edit] Notable residents
- Hans Jensen Blom: Vicar of the Kinn church and member of the Storting
- Mathias Sigwardt Greve: physician who briefly worked in Kinn
- Ivar Lykke Falch Lind: former mayor and bailiff of Kinn municipality
- Michael Sars: Vicar of the Kinn church from 1831–1838
[edit] References
- ^ "Kinn. – kommune" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. http://www.snl.no/Kinn./kommune. Retrieved 2009-12-15.[dead link]
- ^ Rygh, Oluf (1919) (in Norwegian). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Bergenhus amt (12 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 359. http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/navnegransking/rygh_ng/rygh_bla.prl?enhid=196334&avid=43752.
- ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999) (in Norwegian) (PDF). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. Statistisk sentralbyrå. http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf.
[edit] External links
- Sogn og Fjordane travel guide from Wikitravel
- Weather information for Kinn (Norwegian)
