Ballangen Municipality
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Vinony files it under 1925 establishments in Norway, Former municipalities of Norway and Municipalities of Norway disestablished in 2020.
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Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Nordland
- District
- Ofoten
- Established
- 1 July 1925
- Preceded by
- Evenes Municipality
- Disestablished
- 1 Jan 2020
- Succeeded by
- Narvik Municipality
- Administrative centre
- Ballangen
- Mayor 2015 2020
- Per Kristian Arntzen ( Sp )
- Total
- 932.22 km (359.93 sq mi)
- Land
- 846.38 km (326.79 sq mi)
- Water
- 85.84 km (33.14 sq mi) 9.2%
- Rank
- # 119 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 1,724 m (5,656 ft)
- Density
- 2.6/km (6.7/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- −5.8%
- Demonym
- Ballangsværing
- Norwegian form
- Bokmål
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Nordland
- Capital
- Ballangen
- Population
- 2556
- Area
- 0.5362789156835128
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Gällivare Municipality
- Official website
- www.ballangen.kommune.no
- Image
- Efjord1.jpg
- Households
- 46
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- Commons category
- Ballangen
- topic's main category
- Category:Ballangen
- twinned administrative body
- Tosno
- inception
- 1925-07-01
- separated from
- Evenes Municipality
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2019-12-31
- language used
- Bokmål
- located in the present-day administrative territorial entity
- Narvik Municipality
- merged into
- Narvik Municipality
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Encyclopedic overview
Ballangen (Northern Sami: Bálák) is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1925 until its dissolution in 2020 when it became part of Narvik Municipality. The 932-square-kilometre (360 sq mi) municipality was part of the traditional district of Ofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Ballangen. Other villages in the municipality included Bjørkåsen, Kjeldebotn, Kobbvika, and Skarstad.
Prior to its dissolution in 2020, the 932-square-kilometre (360 sq mi) municipality was the 119th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Ballangen Municipality was the 292nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,470. The municipality's population density was 2.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (6.7/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 5.8% over the previous 10-year period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ballangen Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.