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Fauske Municipality
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Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Nordland
- District
- Salten
- Established
- 1 Jan 1905
- Preceded by
- Skjerstad Municipality
- Administrative centre
- Fauske
- Mayor 2019
- Marlen Rendall Berg ( Sp )
- Total
- 1,196.98 km (462.16 sq mi)
- Land
- 1,107.88 km (427.75 sq mi)
- Water
- 90.10 km (34.79 sq mi) 7.5%
- Rank
- # 90 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 1,907.16 m (6,257.1 ft)
- Density
- 8.2/km (21/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- +2.8%
- Demonyms
- Fauskeværing, Fauskværing
- Norwegian form
- Bokmål
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Fauske kommune
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Encyclopedic overview
Fauske (Norwegian) or Fuossko (Lule Sami) is a municipality located in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Fauske. Some of the villages in Fauske include Nystad, Venset, Straumsnes, Sjønstå, Valnesfjord, Finneid, and Sulitjelma.
The municipality borders Sweden in the east, Sørfold Municipality to the north, Bodø Municipality to the west, and Saltdal Municipality to the southeast. The town is located on the northern shore of Skjerstad Fjord.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fauske Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.