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The entry is geolocated on the map in NO.
It sits within the topics 1909 establishments in Norway, Municipalities of Troms and Populated places established in 1909.
Its subject is documented across 36 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Troms
- District
- Northern Norway
- Established
- 1 Jan 1909
- Preceded by
- Lødingen Municipality
- Administrative centre
- Evenskjer
- Mayor 2023
- Robin Ridderseth ( LL )
- Total
- 814.41 km (314.45 sq mi)
- Land
- 774.66 km (299.10 sq mi)
- Water
- 39.75 km (15.35 sq mi) 4.9%
- Rank
- # 139 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 1,305.86 m (4,284.3 ft)
- Density
- 5.3/km (14/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- +1.8%
- Demonym
- Tjeldsunding
- Norwegian form
- Bokmål
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- tjeldsunding
- Population
- 4144
- Area
- 0.35
- Official website
- www.tjeldsund.kommune.no
- Image
- Tjeldsundet.jpg
- Households
- 5
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- Tjeldsund
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- 2020-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
Tjeldsund (Norwegian) or Dielddanuorri (Northern Sami) is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The southwestern part of the municipality is part of the traditional district of Ofoten and the rest of the municipality is part of Central Hålogaland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Evenskjer. Other important villages include Boltåsen, Fjelldal, Grov, Myklebostad, Ramsund, Renså, Sandstrand, and Tovika. Norges Brannskole (Norway's education and training center for firemen) is situated in Fjelldal. Marinejegerkommandoen is based south of Ramsund.
The 814-square-kilometre (314 sq mi) municipality is the 139th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Tjeldsund Municipality is the 199th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,281. The municipality's population density is 5.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (14/sq mi) and its population has increased by 1.8% over the previous 10-year period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tjeldsund” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.