Editing Hemnes Municipality (section)

==General information==
This municipality was established in 1839 when the large [[Rana Municipality]] was divided into Sør-Rana Municipality and [[Nord-Rana Municipality]], shortly after the [[Formannskapsdistrikt]] law went into effect. Soon after, in 1844, ''Sør-Rana Municipality'' was renamed ''Hemnes Municipality''.<ref name="Dag" />

On 1 July 1918, the southern district of Hemnes Municipality (population: 1,369) was separated to become the new [[Korgen Municipality]]. This left Hemnes Municipality with 3,567 residents. A few months later on 1 January 1919, the eastern area of [[Bardal]] (population: 4) was transferred to the neighboring [[Nesna Municipality]]. Then on 1 July 1929, Hemnes was divided into three smaller municipalities: [[Sør-Rana Municipality]], [[Elsfjord Municipality]], and Hemnes Municipality. After this division, Hemnes Municipality only consisted of the large village of [[Hemnesberget]] and the area immediately around it (population: 1,077).<ref name="Dag" />

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, Hemnes Municipality (population: 1,352) was merged with [[Korgen Municipality]] (population: 3,033), the extreme northern part of [[Hattfjelldal Municipality]] (population: 168), and the southern part of [[Sør-Rana Municipality]] (population: 934) to form a new, larger Hemnes 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>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''Hemnes'' farm ({{langx|non|Heimnes}}, now called [[Hemnesberget]]) since the first [[Hemnes Church]] was built there. The first element is {{wikt-lang|non|heimr}} which means "[[home]]" (here in the sense of being "closest to home"). The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|nes}} which means "[[headland]]", referring to the peninsula on which the farm is located.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |author-link=Oluf Rygh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K21BAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Nordlands amt |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |year=1905 |edition=16 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=132 |language=no}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 4 April 1986. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], boat clamps [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]"'' ({{langx|no|I blått en gull båtklammer}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a boat [[clamp (tool)|clamp]]. The clamp 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 symbolizes the importance of the ocean. The clamp was chosen because [[shipbuilding]] has long been a tradition in the municipality. To symbolize shipbuilding, it was decided to use the clamp which is used to keep the wooden flanks of the ships together. The arms were designed by Anne Lofthus Valla.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Hemnes |access-date=2023-02-02 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hemnes, Nordland (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-18-32.html |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1986-04-04 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1986-04-04-885 |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has three parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Hemnes Municipality. It is part of the [[Indre Helgeland prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Hemnes'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|Bleikvassli||[[Bleikvassli Church]]||[[Bleikvasslia]]||1955
|-
|Hemnes||[[Hemnes Church]]||[[Hemnesberget]]||1872
|-
|Korgen||[[Korgen Church]]||[[Korgen]]||1863
|}