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Ibestad Municipality

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municipality in Troms, Norway

Key facts

Country
Norway
County
Troms
District
Hålogaland
Established
1 Jan 1838
Created as
Formannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centre
Hamnvik
Mayor 2023
Jim Kristiansen ( H )
Total
241.15 km (93.11 sq mi)
Land
234.05 km (90.37 sq mi)
Water
7.10 km (2.74 sq mi) 2.9%
Rank
# 293 in Norway
Highest elevation
1,275.65 m (4,185.2 ft)
Density
5.4/km (14/sq mi)
Change 10 years
−8.7%
Demonym
Ibestadværing
Norwegian form
Bokmål
Time zone
UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst
UTC+02:00 ( CEST )

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Official website

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Wikidata facts

Demonym
ibestadværing
Country
Norway
Capital
Hamnvik
Population
1287
Area
0.08
Time zone
UTC+01:00
Shares border with
Tjeldsund
Official website
www.ibestad.kommune.no
Image
Hamnvik.JPG
Households
25
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inception
1837-00-00
Commons category
Ibestad
topic's main category
Category:Ibestad
language used
Bokmål
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Encyclopedic overview

Ibestad (Northern Sami: Ivvárstádik) is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Central Hålogaland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hamnvik. Some of the other larger villages in Ibestad include Engenes, Laupstad, Rollnes, Sørrollnes, Sørvika, and Å.

The 241-square-kilometre (93 sq mi) municipality is the 293rd largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Ibestad Municipality is the 313th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,311. The municipality's population density is 5.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (14/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 8.7% over the previous 10-year period.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ibestad Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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