Kinn
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| Former Municipality | |
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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 |
| Region | Western Norway |
| County | Sogn og Fjordane |
| District | Sunnfjord |
| Municipality ID | NO-1437 |
| Admin. Center | Kinn |
| Area | |
| • Total | 159 km2 (61 sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+01:00) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+02:00) |
| Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838 |
| Merged into | Flora Municipality in 1964 |
Kinn is a former municipality in the Sunnfjord district of Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The parish of Kinn has existed for centuries and in 1838, the large parish was established as a municipality that existed from then until 1964. The municipality was centered at the island of Kinn where the main Kinn Church is located. The municipality encompassed all of the present-day municipality of Flora as well as parts of Askvoll (in the south) and the southwestern part of Bremanger (in the north). Upon its dissolution in 1964, it covered 159 square kilometres (61 sq mi).
The municipality (and the island) were named after the old Kinn farm (Old Norse: Kinn) since Kinn Church is located there. The name is identical with the word for "cheek", referring to the steep slope of a mountain on the island. Historically, the name was spelled Kind.
The parish of Kinn was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 3 January 1861, the village of Florø (population: 846) was established as a city and it was therefore separated from the municipality of Kinn. This left 6,531 residents in Kinn. Then on 1 January 1866, the northern district of Kinn on the islands of Bremangerlandet and Frøya and the mainland area surrounding the Gulen Fjord (population: 1,852) was separated from Kinn to form the separate municipality of Bremanger. After the split, Kinn was left with 4,679 inhabitants.
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