Bjugn (or historically ''Botngård'') is the

administrative centre An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgi ...

Ørland Municipality Ørland is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen Districts of Norway, region. Ørland is located at the southwestern tip of the Fosen peninsula at the northern ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was ...

county,

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. The village is located at the end of the Bjugnfjorden. It is about north of the village of Høybakken, about east of the village of Nes, and about south of village of

Oksvoll Oksvoll is a village in Ørland Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island ...

. The village has a population (2024) of 1,379 and a

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of . There is a videregående school in Botngård.

Fosenhallen Fosenhallen is an indoor multi-use ice rink in the village of Bjugn in Ørland Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It consists of a speed skating rink, with an ice hockey rink An ice hockey rink is an ice rink that is specifically des ...

is one of only four indoor speed skating ovals in Norway. Bjugn Church is located about west of the village, on the southern shore of the Bjugnfjorden.

History

The village was the

of the old

Bjugn Municipality Bjugn is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1853 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was merged into Ørland Municipality. It was part of the Fosen region. The village of Botngård was the admini ...

from 1853 when the municipality was established until 2020 when the municipality was merged into

. On 1 January 2020 (upon the merger of Bjugn and Ørland municipalities), the village became the new administrative centre of

. Prior to 2020,

Brekstad Brekstad is a town in Ørland Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along the Trondheimsfjord at the entrance to the Stjørnfjorden. The town is located about south of the village of Uthaug and about west of the villages of ...

was the administrative centre of Ørland Municipality.

Name

The settlement was historically called ''Botngård''. The village changed its name from Botngård to Bjugn at a meeting in March 2019 and this name change went into effect in September 2019. The former name, Botngård, was the name of a farm in the area, while the new name comes from the fjord and the old

. The reasoning behind the change was that on 1 January 2020,

was to be merged with

and it was a local wish that the old municipal name should live on after the municipal merger, so the name was changed. After the merger this village became the

of the newly enlarged Ørland Municipality.

Media gallery

Botngård_i_Bjugn.jpeg, View of the village Fosenhallen.JPG,

Botngård sentrum 2011.JPG, Botngård sentrum.jpg, Botngård.JPG,

References

Villages in Trøndelag Ørland {{Trøndelag-geo-stub