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Hemnes
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| County | Nordland | |
| District | Helgeland | |
| Municipality | NO-1832 | |
| Administrative centre | Korgen | |
| Mayor (2003) | Kjell Idar Juvik (Ap) | |
| Official language form | Neutral | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage |
Ranked 43 1,589 km² 1,432 km² 0.49 % |
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| Population - Total (2006) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density |
Ranked 210 4,542[1] 0.10 % -6.5 % 3/km² |
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| www.hemnes.kommune.no |
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Hemnes is a municipality in the county of Nordland, Norway.
The lake Røssvatnet (Reevhtse in Sami) is a lake and reservoir lying partially in Hemnes; it has been the site of human occupation since the Stone Age. Its area of 219 km² makes it the second largest lake in Norway by surface area.
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Hemnes (Norse Heimnes), since the first church was built there. The first element is heimr m 'home' (here in the sense 'closest to home'), the last element is nes n 'headland'.
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1986). It shows a clip used for production of boats.
- ^ "Tall om Hemnes Kommune (Numbers about Hemnes)", Statistisk sentralbyrå
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Alstahaug | Andøy | Ballangen | Beiarn | Bindal | Bodø | Brønnøy | Bø | Dønna | Evenes | Fauske | Flakstad | Gildeskål | Grane | Hadsel | Hamarøy | Hattfjelldal | Hemnes | Herøy | Leirfjord | Lurøy | Lødingen | Meløy | Moskenes | Narvik | Nesna | Rana | Rødøy | Røst | Saltdal | Sortland | Steigen | Sømna | Sørfold | Tjeldsund | Træna | Tysfjord | Vefsn | Vega | Vestvågøy | Vevelstad | Vågan | Værøy | Øksnes |
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