Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Nordland
- District
- Helgeland
- Established
- 1 Jan 1962
- Preceded by
- Nordvik Municipality , Dønnes Municipality , and other areas
- Administrative centre
- Solfjellsjøen
- Mayor 2024
- John-Erik S. Johansen ( Ap )
- Total
- 192.57 km (74.35 sq mi)
- Land
- 186.41 km (71.97 sq mi)
- Water
- 6.16 km (2.38 sq mi) 3.2%
- Rank
- # 305 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 855.1 m (2,805 ft)
- Density
- 7.4/km (19/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- +0.5%
- Demonym
- Dønnværing
- Norwegian form
- Bokmål
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
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Encyclopedic overview
Dønna is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland region. The administrative centre of the island municipality is the village of Solfjellsjøen. Other villages include Bjørn, Dønnes, Hestad, Sandåker, and Vandve. The main island of Dønna is connected to the neighboring Herøy Municipality to the south by the Åkviksundet Bridge.
The 193-square-kilometre (75 sq mi) municipality is the 305th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Dønna Municipality is the 305th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,427. The municipality's population density is 7.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (19/sq mi) and its population has increased by 0.5% over the previous 10-year period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dønna Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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