Editing Tinn (section)

==General information==
The [[prestegjeld|parish]] of ''Tind'' (later spelled "Tinn") was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). In 1860, the southeastern area of the municipality around the village of [[Hovin, Tinn|Hovin]] (population: 815) was separated from Tinn to become part of the newly created [[Gransherad|Gransherad Municipality]]. On 24 March 1903, an unpopulated area of Tinn Municipality was transferred to [[Hovin, Telemark|Hovin Municipality]]. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, the neighboring municipality of [[Hovin, Telemark|Hovin]] was dissolved. All of Hovin located east of the lake [[Tinnsjå]] (population: 461) was merged into Tinn Municipality (the rest of the old Hovin municipality became part of [[Notodden 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]]) comes from an old name for the area ({{langx|non|Tinnr}}) or an old name for the local [[Tinnsjå]]. The name is possibly derived from the word {{wikt-lang|non|tjǫrn}} which means "small lake" or "pond". Historically, the name was spelled ''Tind''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2006120600018 |title=Norske gaardnavne: Bratsbergs amt |date=1914 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=7 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=253–254 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 25 November 1994. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Argent]], five [[goutte]]s de larmes, three and two"'' ({{langx|no|I sølv fem blå dråper, 3-2}}). This means the arms have a [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[argent]] which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a set of five [[goutte]]s ([[Drop (liquid)|drop]]lets) of water. This design was chosen to represent the five rivers in the municipality and the [[hydropower]] plants near [[Rjukan]]. The arms were designed by Halvor Holtskog. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Tinn |access-date=2023-08-24 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tinn, Telemark |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-08-26.html |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1994-11-25 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1994-11-25-1047 |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunevåpenet for Tinn |url=http://www.tinn-kommune.com/node/27 |access-date=2017-09-23 |publisher=Tinn kommune}}</ref>  {{See also-text|Coats of arms of [[Bykle#Coat of arms|Bykle]] and [[Samnanger#Coat of arms|Samnanger]]}}

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has two parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Tinn. It is part of the [[Øvre Telemark prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Agder og Telemark]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Tinn'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="2"|Rjukan||[[Dal Church]]||[[Rjukan]]||1775
|-
|[[Rjukan Church]]||[[Rjukan]]||1915
|-
|rowspan="4"|Tinn||[[Atrå Church]]||[[Atrå]]||1836
|-
|[[Austbygde Church]]||[[Austbygde, Telemark|Austbygde]]||1888
|-
|[[Hovin Church (Telemark)|Hovin Church]]||[[Hovin, Telemark|Hovin]]||1850
|-
|[[Mæl Church]]||[[Miland]]||1839
|}