Heim (former municipality)

Heim herad
Former municipality
View of the mountain Heimsfjellet
Heim herad
Heim within Sør-Trøndelag
Heim herad
Heim herad (Norway)
Coordinates: 63°25′26″N 9°05′36″E / 63.4238°N 09.0932°E / 63.4238; 09.0932Coordinates: 63°25′26″N 9°05′36″E / 63.4238°N 09.0932°E / 63.4238; 09.0932
Country Norway
County Sør-Trøndelag
District Fosen
Established 1 Jan 1911
Disestablished 1 Jan 1964
Administrative centre Heim
Area
 • Total 271 km2 (105 sq mi)
  *Area at municipal dissolution.
Population
 • Total 1,435
 • Density 5.3/km2 (14/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Heimsbygg[1]
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code NO-1614
Preceded by Hemne in 1911
Succeeded by Hemne and Snillfjord in 1964
Data from Statistics Norway

Heim is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county in Norway. The 271-square-kilometre (105 sq mi) municipality existed from 1911 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality encompassed the northern part of what is now Hemne and Snillfjord municipalities in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre was the village of Heim where Heim Church is located.[2]

History

Originally (since 1838) the municipality was a part of the municipality of Hemne (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 January 1911, the large municipality of Hemne was divided into two: Hemne (population: 3,425) in the south and Heim (population: 1,533) in the north. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Heim ceased to exist as a municipality. The district of Vestre Heim (Western Heim, the area west of the Hemnefjord) with its 711 inhabitants was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Hemne and Vinje to form a new, larger Hemne municipality. At the same time, the district of Austre Heim (Eastern Heim, the area east of the Hemnfjorden) with its 724 residents was merged with the neighboring municipality of Snillfjord and part of the municipality of Agdenes to become a new, larger municipality of Snillfjord.[3]

Name

The parish of Heim was established in 1884. It is named after the old Heim farm (Old Norse: Heimr), since the Heim Church is built on its ground. The name is identical with the word heimr which means "home", "homestead", or "farm".[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  2. ↑ Haugen, Morten, ed. (2009-02-14). "Heim". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  3. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  4. ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1901). Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Trondhjems amt (in Norwegian) (14 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 85.
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