Leirfjord Municipality
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Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Nordland
- District
- Helgeland
- Established
- 1 July 1915 ( 1915-07-01 )
- Preceded by
- Stamnes Municipality
- Administrative centre
- Leland
- Mayor 2023
- Kay Rune Nersund ( FrP )
- Total
- 465.26 km (179.64 sq mi)
- Land
- 450.82 km (174.06 sq mi)
- Water
- 14.44 km (5.58 sq mi) 3.1%
- Rank
- # 212 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 994.9 m (3,264 ft)
- Density
- 5.1/km (13/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- +7.5%
- Demonym
- Leirfjording
- Norwegian form
- Neutral
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Norway
- Demonym
- leirfjording
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Nordland
- Capital
- Leland
- Population
- 2392
- Area
- 0.22
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Rana Municipality
- Official website
- www.leirfjord.kommune.no
- Image
- Ulvangen sett frå Skorpa.JPG
- Households
- 48
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- Commons category
- Leirfjord
- topic's main category
- Category:Leirfjord
- inception
- 1915-07-01
- language used
- Bokmål
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Encyclopedic overview
Leirfjord is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Leland. Other villages in Leirfjord include Bardal and Sundøya. The large Helgeland Bridge is partly located in the municipality, connecting it to Alstahaug Municipality and the town of Sandnessjøen.
The 465-square-kilometre (180 sq mi) municipality is the 212th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Leirfjord Municipality is the 263rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,352. The municipality's population density is 5.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (13/sq mi) and its population has increased by 7.5% over the previous 10-year period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leirfjord Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.