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{{Infobox_Kommune|
name=Tinn|
idnumber=0826|
county=Telemark|
landscape=Øst-Telemark|
capital=[[Rjukan]]|
governor=Erik Haatvedt ([[Arbeiderpartiet|Ap]])|
governor_as_of=2005|
arearank=28|
area=2045|
arealand=1854|
areapercent=0.63|
population_as_of=2006|
populationrank=155|
population=6,247|
populationpercent=0.14|
populationdensity=3|
populationincrease=-5.6|
language=[[Norwegian language|Neutral]]|
lat_deg=60| lat_min=0| lat_sec=33| lon_deg=8| lon_min=33| lon_sec=34|
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=6652538 |utm_easting=0475441| geo_cat=adm2nd|
coatofarms=Tinn_komm.png|
munwebpage=www.tinn.kommune.no|
}}
'''Tinn''' is a municipality in the county of Telemark, [[Norway]].
The parish of ''Tin'' was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]]). [[Hovin, Telemark|Hovin]] was separated from Tinn 1860 - but it was again merged with Tinn January 1, 1964.
The municipality borders to the north with [[Nore og Uvdal]], to the east with [[Notodden]], [[Hjartdal]] and [[Seljord]], and to the west with [[Vinje]].
Tinn stretches deeply into the [[Hardangervidda]] landscape. One landmark in Tinn is the 1883 metre tall mountain [[Gaustatoppen]], climbed each year by 30,000 people. On clear days it is possible to see one sixth of Norway from its summit.
[[Krossobanen]] is the oldest [[aerial tramway]] in [[Northern Europe]]. It was built in 1928 as a gift from [[Norsk Hydro]].
The [[waterfall]] [[Rjukanfossen]] on the [[Måna river]] allowed construction of [[Vemork]], the largest power station in the world in 1911. The station has become a museum where one can explore the history of the energy and see exhibits about the industrial development in Norway and at [[Rjukan]], the municipality center of Tinn.
The museum is most famous for its presentation of Rjukan's war history. During [[World War II]], Vemork was the site of the [[Norwegian heavy water sabotage]], when Norwegian saboteurs prevented the Germans from producing [[atomic weapons]] from the [[heavy water]] which was produced here. The exhibit "Atomkappløpet" ("The nuclear race") presents the four heavy water sabotages and the allied efforts to develop a nuclear bomb.
==The name==
The [[Old Norse language|Norse]] form of the name was ''Tinnr''. It is probably the old name of the central lake in the municipality (now [[Tinnsjå]]). The meaning of the name is unknown.
==Coat-of-arms==
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1994). It shows five [[drop]]s of water (to represent the five rivers in the municipality and the [[water power]] of [[Rjukan]]).
(See also the coat-of-arms of [[Bykle]] and [[Samnanger]].)
==Museum==
At the lake [[Møsvatn]] close to Tinn is a museum and Hardangervidda nasjonalparksenter.
==External links==
* [http://www.nasjonalparksenter.no/content.ap?thisId=500031212 Museum]
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