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'''Kinn''' is an island and [[Former municipalities of Norway|former municipality]] in [[Sogn og Fjordane]] county, [[Norway]]. Kinn is known for the ''Kinn kyrkje'' (church), which probably dates from around year [[1000]], and the Kinnaspelet, a historical play which is performed every summer.
==History==
The municipality was created in [[1837]] as Kinn [[formannskapsdistrikt]]. Its size decreased as [[Florø]] was separated from the municipality in [[1861]], and [[Bremanger]] followed in [[1866]].
On [[1 January]] [[1923]], Kinn was split in three, creating the new municipalities of [[Bru, Sogn og Fjordane|Bru]] and [[Eikefjord]]. The split left Kinn with 2,508 inhabitants.
On [[1 January]] [[1964]] a merger took place which reunited Kinn with [[Bru, Sogn og Fjordane|Bru]], [[Eikefjord]], and [[Florø]] to form the new municipality [[Flora, Norway|Flora]]. Before the merger Kinn had a population of 3,567.
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[[Category:Islands of Sogn og Fjordane]]
[[Category:Villages in Sogn og Fjordane]]
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