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Bardu Municipality

municipality in Troms, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Troms
District: Midt-Troms
Preceded by: Ibestad Municipality
Administrative centre: Setermoen
Mayor 2015: Toralf Heimdal ( Sp )
Total: 2,703.89 km (1,043.98 sq mi)
Land: 2,513.62 km (970.51 sq mi)
Water: 190.27 km (73.46 sq mi) 7%
Rank: # 18 in Norway
Highest elevation: 1,660.61 m (5,448.2 ft)
Density: 1.5/km (3.9/sq mi)
Change 10 years: +0.03%
Demonym: Bardudøl
Norwegian form: Neutral
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
Iso 3166 code: NO-5520

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Bardu (Northern Sami: Beardu suohkan and Kven: Perttulan komuuni) is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Setermoen, the largest urban area in the municipality.

The 2,704-square-kilometre (1,044 sq mi) municipality is the 18th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Bardu is the 203rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,986. The municipality's population density is 1.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.9/sq mi) and its population has increased by 0.03% over the previous 10-year period.