The
parish of Hemne was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see
formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 January 1911, the northern district of the municipality (population: 1,533) was separated from Hemne to form the new
Heim Municipality. This left Hemne Municipality with 3,425 residents. On 1 July 1924, Hemne Municipality was further divided into three: with the eastern district (population: 776) became
Snillfjord Municipality, the southern district (population: 716) became
Vinje Municipality, and the rest remained as a much smaller Hemne Municipality (population: 2,030). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the
Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Hemne Municipality was enlarged when all of
Vinje Municipality (population: 576) and the parts of
Heim Municipality located west of the
Hemnfjorden (population: 711) were both merged into Hemne Municipality. On 1 January 2018, Hemne Municipality switched from the old
Sør-Trøndelag county to the new
Trøndelag county. On 1 January 2020, Hemne Municipality was dissolved. Its lands were merged with the
Ytre Snillfjord area in the neighboring
Snillfjord Municipality and all of the neighboring
Halsa Municipality to form the new
Heim Municipality (resurrecting an old name for the area).
Name The municipality (originally the
parish) is named after the
Hemnfjorden () since flowed through the area. The name is derived from the word which means "
port" or "haven" (referring to the good port of
Hemnskjel). Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled
Hevne. On 3 November 1917, a
royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to
Hemne.
Coat of arms The
coat of arms was granted on 14 June 1991 and it was in use until 1 January 2020 when the municipality was dissolved. The official
blazon is
"Gules, five hazelnuts in annulo stems to center conjoined Or" (). This means the arms have a red
field (background) and the
charge is five
hazelnuts in a circular arrangement with their stems connected in the centre. The hazelnut design has a
tincture of
Or which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The design symbolizes the relatively large
hazel forests in the municipality, which was historically important to the local economy. The arms were designed by Einar H. Skjervold.
Churches The
Church of Norway had three parishes () within Hemne Municipality. It is part of the
Orkdal prosti (
deanery) within the
Diocese of Nidaros. ==Geography==