Melbu
Sign in to saveMelbu is a village in Hadsel Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on the island of Hadseløya on the northern shore of the Hadselfjorden. Melbu is one of the two main population centres on the island of Hadseløya, and it is called "The Pearl of Vesteraalen". The other population centre is the town of Stokmarknes in the north. Melbu is host to the annual Sommer-Melbu festival. Its economy heavily relies on the fishing industry.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Melbu
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Melbu.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of the village
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 11
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- village
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- Nordland#Norway
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- Melbu
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- left
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Norway
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Northern Norway
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Nordland
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Vesterålen
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Melbu
- Demonym
- melbuværing
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Hadsel Municipality
- Population
- 2326
- Area
- 1.7
- Elevation
- 8
- Image
- Melbu.jpg
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- native label
- Melbu
- Commons category
- Melbu
- located in/on physical feature
- Hadseløya
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Melbu is a village in Hadsel Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on the island of Hadseløya on the northern shore of the Hadselfjorden. Melbu is one of the two main population centres on the island of Hadseløya, and it is called "The Pearl of Vesteraalen". The other population centre is the town of Stokmarknes in the north. Melbu is host to the annual Sommer-Melbu festival. Its economy heavily relies on the fishing industry.
The village has a population (2023) of 2,257 and a population density of .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Melbu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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