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Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Nordland
- District
- Vesterålen
- Preceded by
- Hadsel Municipality
- Administrative centre
- Sortland
- Mayor 2023
- Grete Ellingsen ( H )
- Total
- 721.94 km (278.74 sq mi)
- Land
- 697.34 km (269.24 sq mi)
- Water
- 24.60 km (9.50 sq mi) 3.4%
- Rank
- # 159 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 1,261.76 m (4,139.6 ft)
- Density
- 14.7/km (38/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- +4.8%
- Demonym
- Sortlending
- Norwegian form
- Neutral
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Iso 3166 code
- NO-1870
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- sortlending
- Population
- 10748
- Area
- 721.93
- Official website
- www.sortland.kommune.no
- Image
- Sortlandbluecollage.jpg
- Households
- 217
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- Commons category
- Sortland Municipality
- inception
- 1837-00-00
- native label
- Suortá
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Sortland (Norwegian) or Suortá (Northern Sami) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Vesterålen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sortland. Other population centres in Sortland include the villages of Bø, Holand, Holmstad, Liland, Sigerfjord, Strand, and Vik. The Norwegian Coast Guard has its northern base in Sortland, called Kystvaktskvadron Nord.
In 1997, the municipal council declared "town status" for the urban area of Sortland. Sortland is the largest town and commercial centre in Vesterålen. The town of Sortland is located close to the Sortland Bridge which crosses the Sortlandsundet strait and connects the two large islands of Langøya and Hinnøya by road. Since a lot of houses in the town are painted blue, Sortland is sometimes referred to as "the blue city".