Hattfjelldal Municipality
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Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Nordland
- District
- Helgeland
- Preceded by
- Vefsn Municipality
- Administrative centre
- Hattfjelldal
- Mayor 2023
- Sølvi Andersen ( Ap )
- Total
- 2,684.35 km (1,036.43 sq mi)
- Land
- 2,411.16 km (930.95 sq mi)
- Water
- 273.19 km (105.48 sq mi) 10.2%
- Rank
- # 20 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 1,699.92 m (5,577.2 ft)
- Density
- 0.5/km (1.3/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- −14.4%
- Demonym
- Hattfjelldaling
- Norwegian form
- Neutral
- S mi form
- Southern Sami
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Government
- Founded
- 1862
- Location
- Hattfjelldal, Norway
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.458086.7
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Encyclopedic overview
Hattfjelldal (Norwegian) or Aarborte (Southern Sami) 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 Hattfjelldal. Other villages include Grubben, Svenskvollen, and Varntresk. Hattfjelldal Airfield is located in the village of Hattfjelldal.
The 2,684-square-kilometre (1,036 sq mi) municipality is the 20th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Hattfjelldal Municipality is the 315th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,284. The municipality's population density is 0.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (1.3/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 14.4% over the previous 10-year period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hattfjelldal Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.