Snillfjord

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Snillfjord kommune
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms of Snillfjord kommune
Coat of arms
Official logo of Snillfjord kommune
Sør-Trøndelag within
Norway
Snillfjord within Sør-Trøndelag
Snillfjord within Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°25′29″N 9°26′5″E / 63.42472, 9.43472
Country Norway
County Sør-Trøndelag
District Orkdalen
Municipality ID NO-1613
Administrative centre Snillfjord
Government
 - Mayor (2003) Anders Johan Krokstad (Sp)
Area (Nr. 207 in Norway)
 - Total 508 km² (196.1 sq mi)
 - Land 489 km² (188.8 sq mi)
Population (2004)
 - Total 1,033
 - Density 2/km² (5.2/sq mi)
 - Change (10 years) -10.5 %
 - Rank in Norway 407
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Official language form Neutral
Data from Statistics Norway
Website: www.snillfjord.kommune.no

Snillfjord is a municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway.

Snillfjord was separated from Hemne July 1, 1924. The eastern part of Heim was merged with Snillfjord January 1, 1964.

[edit] The name

The municipality is named after Snillfjorden. The first element is probably an old rivername (now Bergselva). The (proposed) rivername is maybe derived from snjallr 'fast'.

[edit] Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1990). It shows a digging fork.