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Nesna Municipality

municipality in Nordland, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Nordland
District: Helgeland
Established: 1 January 1838
Created as: Formannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centre: Nesna
Mayor 2015: Hanne Davidsen ( Ap )
Total: 183.19 km (70.73 sq mi)
Land: 181.30 km (70.00 sq mi)
Water: 1.89 km (0.73 sq mi) 1%
Rank: # 310 in Norway
Highest elevation: 921.75 m (3,024.1 ft)
Density: 9.9/km (26/sq mi)
Change 10 years: −4.9%
Demonym: Nesnaværing
Norwegian form: Bokmål
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+02:00 ( CEST )

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Nesna 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 Nesna. Other villages in Nesna include Handnesneset, Husby, Saura, and Vikholmen.

Map of Nesna municipality The municipality consists of the three main islands Tomma, Hugla (known as "Hugløy" by its inhabitants), and Handnesøya, and one peninsula that bears the name of the municipality, Nesna. The old Husby Estate is headquartered in Husby on Tomma island.