Hamarøy
Municipality in Nordland, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hamarøy (Lule Sami: Hábmer[4]) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Oppeid. Other villages include Drag, Innhavet, Karlsøy, Korsnes, Presteid, Skutvika, Tømmerneset, Tranøy, and Ulvsvåg.
Hamarøy Municipality
Hamarøy kommune Hábmera suohkan | |
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Hammerø herred (historic name) | |
Coordinates: 68°04′33″N 15°46′56″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Nordland |
District | Salten |
Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
• Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
Administrative centre | Oppeid |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019) | Britt Kristoffersen Løksa (Sp) |
Area | |
• Total | 2,020.45 km2 (780.10 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,837.60 km2 (709.50 sq mi) |
• Water | 182.84 km2 (70.59 sq mi) 9% |
• Rank | #36 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 2,682 |
• Rank | #242 in Norway |
• Density | 1.5/km2 (4/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | −2.5% |
Demonyms | Hamarøying Hamarøyværing[1] |
Official languages | |
• Norwegian form | Neutral |
• Sámi form | Lule Sami |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-1875[3] |
Website | Official website |
The 2,020-square-kilometre (780 sq mi) municipality is the 36th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Hamarøy is the 242nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,682. The municipality's population density is 1.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.9/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 2.5% over the previous 10-year period.[5][6]