Kinn Municipality
Kinn kommune | |
|---|---|
 View of the Kinnaklova mountain | |
 Vestland within Norway | |
 Kinn within Vestland | |
| Coordinates: 61°35′59″N 5°01′58″E / 61.5996°N 5.0328°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vestland |
| District | Nordfjord and Sunnfjord |
| Established | 1 Jan 2020 |
| • Preceded by | Flora and Vågsøy |
| Administrative centre | Florø and Måløy |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Bengt Solheim-Olsen (H) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 811.82 km2 (313.45 sq mi) |
| • Land | 763.02 km2 (294.60 sq mi) |
| • Water | 48.83 km2 (18.85 sq mi) 6% |
| • Rank | #142 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 17,179 |
| • Rank | #75 in Norway |
| • Density | 22.5/km2 (58/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  −3.6% |
| Demonym | Kinnhering[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-4602[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Kinn is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It was established on 1 January 2020. It is in the traditional districts of Nordfjord and Sunnfjord. The municipality is the only non-contiguous municipality in Norway since the municipality of Bremanger lies in between the north and south parts of Kinn.[4] The administrative centres of the municipality is the two cities of Florø and Måløy. Some villages in the municipality include Rognaldsvåg, Stavang, Grov, Norddalsfjord, Nyttingnes, Steinhovden, Brandsøy, Deknepollen, Holvika, Kvalheim, Langeneset, Raudeberg, Refvika, Silda, Tennebø, Vedvika, and Vågsvåg.
Historically, there was another municipality of Kinn in Norway that existed from 1838 until 1964. The "old" Kinn roughly corresponded to the southern part of the "new" municipality of Kinn.
The 812-square-kilometre (314 sq mi) municipality is the 142nd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Kinn is the 75th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 17,179. The municipality's population density is 22.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (58/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 3.6% over the previous 10-year period.[5][6]
The 2021 film Dune was partially filmed in Kinn, serving as House Atreides’ home world of Caladan.[7]
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Rognstrand, Andrea (31 January 2018). "Vågsøy vil ha omkamp om "Norges rareste kommune"". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ "Dune (2021)". IMDb. Retrieved 12 March 2022.