Editing Bjugn Municipality (section)

==General information==
The municipality of Bjugn was established in 1853 when it was separated from the large [[Ørland Municipality]]. Initially, Bjugn Municipality had 2,903 residents. On 26 March 1870, a royal resolution moved an unpopulated part of [[Åfjord Municipality|Aafjord Municipality]] to Bjugn Municipality. On 1 January 1899, Bjugn Municipality was divided into three municipalities. The western coastal district (population: 1,285) became [[Nes Municipality (Sør-Trøndelag)|Nes Municipality]]. The southern district (population: 2,166) became [[Skjørn Municipality]]. The rest of the municipality (population: 1,256) remained as (a much smaller) Bjugn Municipality.<ref name="Dag">{{Cite web |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |year=1999 |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |language=no |isbn=9788253746845}}</ref>

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, a large municipal merger took place. [[Nes Municipality (Sør-Trøndelag)|Nes Municipality]] (population: 1,107), [[Jøssund Municipality]] (population: 1,917), Bjugn Municipality (population: 1,240), and the northern part of [[Stjørna Municipality]] (population: 676) were all merged to create a new, larger Bjugn Municipality. The population of Bjugn Municipality then increased from 1,240 to 4,940.<ref name="Dag" />

On 1 January 2018, the municipality switched from the old [[Sør-Trøndelag]] county to the new [[Trøndelag]] county.

On 1 January 2020, the neighboring Bjugn Municipality and [[Ørland Municipality]] merged to become a new, larger [[Ørland Municipality]]. The [[administrative centre]] of the new municipality was determined to be the village of [[Bjugn (village)|Bjugn]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunesammenslåing mellom Bjugn og Ørland |url=https://www.orland.kommune.no/politikk/kommunesammenslaing-mellom-bjugn-og-orland/ |access-date=2017-10-02 |publisher=Ørland kommune |language=no}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality is named after the old ''Bjugn'' farm ({{langx|non|Bjugn}}) since the first [[Bjugn Church]] was built there. The name is derived from the [[Old Norse]] word {{lang|non|bjúgr}} which means "bent" or "crooked", probably referring to the bent/crooked path of the local [[fjord]], the [[Bjugnfjorden]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |author-link=Oluf Rygh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AGxBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Trondhjems amt |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |year=1901 |edition=14 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=33 |language=no}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 17 February 1989 and it was in use until the municipality was dissolved on 1 January 2020. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], a rudder [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]"'' ({{langx|no|I blått et gull ror}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a [[rudder]]. The rudder has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[Or (heraldry)|Or]] which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The blue color in the field and the rudder design symbolizes the historical importance of [[fishing]] in the municipality. The arms were designed by Einar H. Skjervold.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Bjugn |access-date=2023-02-06 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bjugn, South Trøndelag (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-16-27.html |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1989-05-11 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LFO/forskrift/1989-03-10-181 |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] had three parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Bjugn Municipality. It was part of the [[Fosen prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Nidaros]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Bjugn'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="2"|Bjugn||[[Bjugn Church]]||west of [[Bjugn (village)|Bjugn]]||1956
|-
|[[Hegvik Church]]||[[Høybakken]]||1858
|-
|rowspan="1"|Jøssund||[[Jøssund Church]]||[[Jøssund, Ørland|Jøssund]]||1875
|-
|rowspan="2"|Nes||[[Nes Church, Ørland|Nes Church]]||[[Nes, Ørland|Nes]]||1878
|-
|[[Tarva Chapel]]||Nordbuen, [[Tarva (Norway)|Tarva]]||1972
|}