Evenes Municipality

municipality in Nordland, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Nordland
District: Ofoten
Established: 1 January 1884
Preceded by: Ofoten Municipality
Administrative centre: Bogen i Ofoten
Mayor 2019: Terje Bartholsen ( Ap )
Total: 252.79 km (97.60 sq mi)
Land: 241.48 km (93.24 sq mi)
Water: 11.31 km (4.37 sq mi) 4.5%
Rank: # 286 in Norway
Highest elevation: 1,134.43 m (3,721.9 ft)
Density: 5.3/km (14/sq mi)
Change 10 years: −4.4%
Demonym: Evenesværing
Norwegian form: Bokmål
S mi form: Northern Sami , (semi-official)
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )

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Wikidata facts

Demonym: evenesværing
Population: 1397
Area: 3.26
Official website: www.evenes.kommune.no
Image: P6270090 1.jpg
Households: 29

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Commons category: Evenes
native label: Evenes
inception: 1884-01-01

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Evenes (Norwegian) or Evenášši (Northern Sami) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Ofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bogen. Other villages in Evenes include Liland, Tårstad, Dragvik, Lakså, and the village of Evenes.

The 253-square-kilometre (98 sq mi) municipality is the 286th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Evenes Municipality is the 312th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,330. The municipality's population density is 5.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (14/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 4.4% over the previous 10-year period.