Bjugn

Bjugn Municipality
Bjugn kommune
Trøndelag within Norway
Trøndelag within Norway
Bjugn within Trøndelag
Bjugn within Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°48′24″N 09°53′53″E / 63.80667°N 9.89806°E / 63.80667; 9.89806
CountryNorway
CountyTrøndelag
DistrictFosen
Established1853
 • Preceded byØrland Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 2020
 • Succeeded byØrland Municipality
Administrative centreBotngård
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total383.80 km2 (148.19 sq mi)
 • Land355.83 km2 (137.39 sq mi)
 • Water27.97 km2 (10.80 sq mi)  7.3%
 • Rank#245 in Norway
Population
 (2018)
 • Total4,864
 • Rank#207 in Norway
 • Density13.7/km2 (35/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +5.6%
DemonymBjugning[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-5017[3]

Bjugn is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1853 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was merged into Ørland Municipality. It was part of the Fosen region. The village of Botngård was the administrative centre of Bjugn municipality. Other villages in Bjugn included Høybakken, Jøssund, Lysøysundet, Nes, Oksvoll, and Vallersund.[4] Bjugn was on the Robek-list in 2015.[5]

At the time of its dissolution in 2020, the 384-square-kilometre (148 sq mi) municipality was the 245th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Bjugn was the 207th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,864. The municipality's population density was 13.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (35/sq mi) and its population had increased by 5.6% over the last decade.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Haugen, Morten, ed. (2017-06-17). "Bjugn". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  5. ^ "(+)– Dette løfter oss ut av Robek". 23 February 2016.
  6. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2018). "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  7. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2019-03-12.