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Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Nordland
- District
- Lofoten
- Established
- 1 July 1928
- Preceded by
- Værøy Municipality
- Administrative centre
- Røstlandet
- Mayor 2019
- Elisabeth Mikalsen ( Sp )
- Total
- 10.11 km (3.90 sq mi)
- Land
- 9.77 km (3.77 sq mi)
- Water
- 0.34 km (0.13 sq mi) 3.4%
- Rank
- # 354 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 259.23 m (850.5 ft)
- Density
- 45.5/km (118/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- −18.7%
- Demonym
- Røstværing
- 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
- røstværing
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Nordland
- Capital
- Røstlandet
- Population
- 471
- Area
- 0.07
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Værøy Municipality
- Official website
- rost.kommune.no
- Image
- Røst Islands, Hernyken, Trenyken, Storfjellet.jpg
- Households
- 11
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- postal code
- 8064
- Commons category
- Røst
- topic's main category
- Category:Røst
- twinned administrative body
- Sandrigo
- separated from
- Værøy Municipality
- inception
- 1928-01-01
- language used
- Bokmål
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Encyclopedic overview
Røst is a small island municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Lofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Røstlandet on the island of Røstlandet.
The island municipality is very small and is essentially a large fishing village centered around Røstlandet. Many of the residents are involved in the fishing industry or support the industry. There are six fish farms in Røst. During the main fishing season, there can be up to 600 fishing boats based out of Røst.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Røst” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.