Hadsel Municipality
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Within Vinony's link graph, Hadsel Municipality is referenced by 195 other articles, and connects out to tincture, Norway and World War II.
The entry is geolocated on the map in NO.
Vinony files it under 1838 establishments in Norway, Hadsel Municipality and Incomplete lists from September 2025.
Its subject is documented across 35 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Nordland
- District
- Vesterålen
- Established
- 1 Jan 1838
- Created as
- Formannskapsdistrikt
- Administrative centre
- Stokmarknes
- Mayor 2023
- Kjell-Børge Freiberg ( H )
- Total
- 566.61 km (218.77 sq mi)
- Land
- 550.73 km (212.64 sq mi)
- Water
- 15.88 km (6.13 sq mi) 2.8%
- Rank
- # 191 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 1,135.85 m (3,726.5 ft)
- Density
- 14.5/km (38/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- +1.5%
- Demonym
- Hadselværing
- Norwegian form
- Bokmål
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Norway
- Demonym
- hadselværing
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Nordland
- Capital
- Stokmarknes
- Population
- 8374
- Area
- 0.41
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Sortland Municipality
- Official website
- www.hadsel.kommune.no
- Image
- Stokmarknes winter.jpg
- Households
- 132
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- Commons category
- Hadsel
- topic's main category
- Category:Hadsel
- language used
- Bokmål
- inception
- 1837-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Hadsel (Northern Sami: Ulbi) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Vesterålen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Stokmarknes. Some of the main villages in Hadsel include Fiskebøl, Jarstad, Grønning, Grytting, Hanøyvika, Hennes, Kaldjorda, Melbu, Sanden, and Sandnes.
Taen, Hadseløya. Road 885 in Hadsel The municipality is the southernmost municipality in the Vesterålen region. It is spread over several main islands: Hadseløya, Børøya, Hinnøya, Langøya, and Austvågøya. About 70% of the population live on Hadseløya island. Hadseløya island is connected to Langøya by the Hadsel Bridge and Børøy Bridge. Also, the Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen, is located nearby. It is the busiest small aircraft airport in Norway, serving 100,000 passengers annually (1997).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hadsel Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.