Kinn Municipality (1838–1964)
Kinn Municipality
Kinn herad | |
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View of the local Kinn Church | |
Sogn og Fjordane within Norway | |
Kinn within Sogn og Fjordane | |
| Coordinates: 61°33′59″N 04°45′25″E / 61.56639°N 4.75694°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Sogn og Fjordane |
| District | Sunnfjord |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Flora Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Kinn |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1960–1964) | Olav Færøyvik (Ap) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 166.5 km2 (64.3 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #417 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,065 m (3,494 ft) |
| Population (1963) | |
• Total | 3,525 |
| • Rank | #254 in Norway |
| • Density | 21.2/km2 (55/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +21.5% |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1437 |
Kinn is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The 166.5-square-kilometre (64.3 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of a new, larger Kinn Municipality (same name, different borders) in the traditional district of Sunnfjord in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the island of Kinn where the main Kinn Church is located. Other villages in the municipality included Rognaldsvåg and Batalden.
Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the 166.5-square-kilometre (64.3 sq mi) municipality was the 417th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Kinn Municipality was the 254th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 3,525. The municipality's population density was 21.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (55/sq mi) and its population had increased by 21.5% over the previous 10-year period.