Nordfold

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Former Municipality
Municipality ID NO-1846
Adm. Center Nordfold
Created from Nordfold-Kjerringøy in 1906
Merged into Steigen and Sørfold in 1964
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Nordfold
Nordfold (Norway)
Coordinates: 67°45′48″N15°13′58″E / 67.76333°N 15.23278°E / 67.76333; 15.23278 Coordinates: 67°45′48″N15°13′58″E / 67.76333°N 15.23278°E / 67.76333; 15.23278
Country Norway
Region Northern Norway
County Nordland
District Salten
Municipality Steigen
Elevation [1] 21 m (69 ft)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code8286 Nordfold

Nordfold is a village and former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The administrative centre was the village Nordfold. The municipality encompassed the southern part of the present-day municipality of Steigen and the northern part of the present-day municipality of Sørfold. [2]

Nordland County (fylke) of Norway

Nordland is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. The county administration is in Bodø. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen has been administered from Nordland since 1995.

Norway constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe whose territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula; the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard are also part of the Kingdom of Norway. The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land.

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.

The village of Nordfold lies along the Nordfolda fjord, about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) east of the municipal centre of Leinesfjorden. It is the location of the Nordfold Church.

Nordfold Church Church in Nordland, Norway

Nordfold Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Steigen Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Nordfold. It is the church for the Nordfold parish which is part of the Salten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The wood and brick church was built in a rectangular style in 1976 by the architect Tor G. Dahlstrøm. The church seats up to about 260 people.

History

The municipality of Nordfold was established on 1 January 1906 when the old municipality of Nordfold-Kjerringøy was split into two new municipalities: Nordfold and Kjerringøy. Initially, Nordfold had a population of 1,485. On 1 January 1964, Nordfold municipality ceased to exist. Most of Nordfold was incorporated into its neighboring municipality Steigen. The remainder of Nordfold (the eastern Mørsvikbotn district surrounding the Mørsvikfjorden) was transferred to neighboring Sørfold municipality. Prior to the merger, Nordfold had a population of 1,212. [3]

Nordfold-Kjerringøy Former municipality in Nordland, Norway

Nordfold-Kjerringøy or Nordfold og Kjerringøy is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The 737-square-kilometre (285 sq mi) municipality existed from 1887 until its dissolution in 1906. The municipality covered the area surrounding the entrance to the large Folda fjord plus the area surrounding the northern branch of that fjord. It included the southern part of what is now Steigen Municipality, the northern part of the present-day Bodø Municipality, and the northern part of what is now Sørfold Municipality.

Kjerringøy Village in Northern Norway, Norway

Kjerringøy is a village in Bodø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of the town of Bodø, along the Karlsøyfjorden, just south of the entrance to the Folda fjord. The Kjerringøy Church is located in the village.

Mørsvikbotn Village in Northern Norway, Norway

Mørsvikbotn or Mørsvik (Norwegian) or Murgosvuodna or Murgos (Lule Sami) is a small village located in the north part of Sørfold Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village sits at the end of the Mørsvikfjorden arm of the Nordfolda fjord. The European route E06 highway passes through the village. The lakes Mørsvikvatnet and Sildhopvatnet are located northeast of the village. Mørsvikbotn has a school, a grocery shop, Mørsvikbotn Chapel, an aquaculture co-op, and a few camping sites.

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References

  1. ↑ "Nordfold" (in Norwegian). yr.no . Retrieved 2012-04-05.
  2. ↑ Store norske leksikon. "Nordfold" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2012-04-05.
  3. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.


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