Tinn

Tinn Municipality
Tinn kommune
Tind herred  (historic name)
View of Rjukan
View of Rjukan
Telemark within Norway
Telemark within Norway
Tinn within Telemark
Tinn within Telemark
Coordinates: 60°0′33″N 8°33′34″E / 60.00917°N 8.55944°E / 60.00917; 8.55944
CountryNorway
CountyTelemark
DistrictAust-Telemark
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centreRjukan
Government
 • Mayor (2023)Kathrine Haatvedt (Ap)
Area
 • Total2,045.13 km2 (789.63 sq mi)
 • Land1,848.01 km2 (713.52 sq mi)
 • Water197.12 km2 (76.11 sq mi)  9.6%
 • Rank#34 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total5,546
 • Rank#172 in Norway
 • Density3/km2 (8/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −7.1%
DemonymTinndøl[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-4026[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Tinn is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional districts of Aust-Telemark and Upper Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Rjukan. Some of the villages in Tinn include Atrå, Austbygde, Hovin, and Miland.

The 2,045-square-kilometre (790 sq mi) municipality is the 34th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Tinn is the 172nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 5,546. The municipality's population density is 3 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.8/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 7.1% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]

The Krossobanen is the oldest aerial tramway in Northern Europe. It was built in 1928 as a gift from Norsk Hydro. The Hardangervidda National Park center is located at the lake Møsvatn, just east of Tinn.

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).

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