Hemnes is a commune in the Nordland County in Norway . It is part of the historic Helgeland region. The administrative center of the commune is the village of Korgen .
| commune of Norway | |||
| Hemnes | |||
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| Norwegian Hemnes | |||
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| A country |  Norway | ||
| Historical region | Helgeland | ||
| Province (fülke) | Nurland | ||
| Adm. center | Korgen (844 people, 19%) | ||
| Population ( 2009 ) | 4527 people (210th place) | ||
| • percentage of the country's population - 0.10% | |||
| Density | 3.2 people / km² | ||
| Officer language | neutral form | ||
| Population change over 10 years | -6.5% | ||
| Area | 1589 km² (43rd place) | ||
| • percentage of water - 9.9% | |||
| Coordinates of the administrative center: | |||
| Date of formation | 1839 | ||
| Mayor (since 2003) | Kjell-Idar Juvik ( URP ) | ||
| Timezone | UTC + 1 , in summer UTC + 2 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 Code | NO-1832 | ||
| http://www.hemnes.kommune.no (Norwegian) | |||
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Content
- 1 History of the commune
- 2 World War II
- 3 General information
- 3.1 Name
- 3.2 Coat of arms
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Community History
Rössvatn Lake ( South Sami : Reevhtse ) is a partial lake and reservoir located in Hämnes; The lake has been a human site since the Stone Age . The water surface of the lake is 219 km² and it is the second largest lake in Norway .
The old commune of Rana was divided into the communes of Sør-Ran and Nur-Ran in 1839. In 1844, Sør-Rana was renamed Hemnes. Korgen was separated from Hemnes on July 1, 1918. The new communes of Sør-Ran and Elsfjord were separated from Hemnes on July 1, 1929. (After this, the Hemnes commune consisted of only one village of Hemnesberget ). Morgen and Sør-Rana were rejoined by Hemnes on January 1, 1962.
Hemnes is one of the four communes in Norway involved in the Terra Securities scandal .
World War II
During an attack in northern Norway, a landing force of three hundred German soldiers landed from a captured Norwegian coastal steamer in Hemnes on May 10, 1940, and captured a commune that at that time housed a platoon of English soldiers, despite fierce resistance on the streets of Hemnesberget . The British Royal Navy , represented by Calcutta anti-aircraft cruiser and Zulu destroyer, fired on the city, but could not get out the German landing force. The Norwegian army tried again to attack the German invaders, but its advance did not bring success. The re-bombardment of the city by the Royal Navy of Britain on May 12 did not bring tangible results, and Hemnes remained under German control until the end of the war. [one]
General Information
Title
The commune (originally a parish ) was named after the old Hemnes farm ( Old Norwegian : Heimnes ), since the first church was built there. The first part of the name - heimr means the house (here used in the sense of closest to the house ), the ending is the word nes , meaning the cape .
Coat of Arms
The commune has a modern coat of arms. It was adopted on April 4, 1986. The coat of arms depicts a boat clamp . Shipbuilding in the commune has a long history and the element symbolizing shipbuilding was the most suitable. The coat of arms depicts a type of clamp used to join the wooden parts of a boat together. [2]
Notes
- ↑ The Campagn in Norway, London: HMSO, 1952 found on HyperWar
- ↑ Norske Kommunevåpen. Nye kommunevåbener i Norden (1990). Date of treatment November 23, 2008. Archived on April 16, 2012.
Links
- Wikimedia Commons has media files related to Hemnes