Bjugn

Infobox_Kommune
name=Bjugn
idnumber=1627
county=Sør-Trøndelag
landscape=
capital=Botngård
governor=Arnfinn Astad (Ap)
governor_as_of=2003
arearank=243
area=384
arealand=356
areapercent=0.12
population_as_of=2004
populationrank=199
population=4,717
populationpercent=0.10
populationdensity=13
populationincrease=-6.3
demonym=Bjugning
language=Bokmål
lat_deg=63| lat_min=48| lat_sec=24| lon_deg=9| lon_min=53| lon_sec=53
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=7075784 |utm_easting=0544241| geo_cat=adm2nd




munwebpage=www.bjugn.kommune.no

Bjugn is a municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway.Bjugn was separated from Ørland in 1853. Nes and Stjørna were separated from Bjugn January 1, 1899 - but these were again merged with Bjugn January 1, 1964. Jøssund was also merged with Bjugn the same date. The population of Bjugn then increased from 1,240 to 4,940.

Botngård and Lysøysund are located in Bjugn. Botngård is the administrative centre of Bjugn municipality, Norway. Its population (2008) is 1 851 of the 4 575 inhabitants in Bjugn. For more informastion see [http://www.bjugn.kommune.no]

The name

The Norse form of the name was (also) "Bjugn". The name is derived from "bjúgr" 'bent' (probably referring to the bent form of the fjord).

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1989). It shows a rudder.