Nesna
Municipality in Nordland, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nesna is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Nesna. Other villages in Nesna include Handnesneset, Husby, Saura, and Vikholmen.
Nesna Municipality
Nesna kommune | |
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Nesne herred (historic name) | |
Coordinates: 66°15′28″N 13°02′06″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Nordland |
District | Helgeland |
Established | 1 January 1838 |
Administrative centre | Nesna |
Government | |
• Mayor (2015) | Hanne Davidsen (Ap) |
Area | |
• Total | 183.19 km2 (70.73 sq mi) |
• Land | 181.30 km2 (70.00 sq mi) |
• Water | 1.89 km2 (0.73 sq mi) 1% |
• Rank | #309 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 1,783 |
• Rank | #293 in Norway |
• Density | 9.8/km2 (25/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | −4.9% |
Demonym | Nesnaværing[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Bokmål |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-1828[3] |
Website | Official website |
The municipality consists of the three islands Tomma, Hugla (known as "Hugløy" by its inhabitants), and Handnesøya, and one peninsula that bears the name of the municipality, Nesna. The old Husby Estate is headquartered in Husby on Tomma island.
The Coastal Express arrives two times a day at the village of Nesna, the northbound arrives 05:30 and the southbound 11:15. The village of Nesna is also home to Nordland's education center Nesna University College, and there is also the KVN High School, and Nesna Church.
The 183-square-kilometre (71 sq mi) municipality is the 309th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Nesna is the 293rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,783. The municipality's population density is 9.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (25/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 4.9% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]