Ibestad Municipality
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Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Troms
- District
- Hålogaland
- Established
- 1 Jan 1838
- Created as
- Formannskapsdistrikt
- Administrative centre
- Hamnvik
- Mayor 2023
- Jim Kristiansen ( H )
- Total
- 241.15 km (93.11 sq mi)
- Land
- 234.05 km (90.37 sq mi)
- Water
- 7.10 km (2.74 sq mi) 2.9%
- Rank
- # 293 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 1,275.65 m (4,185.2 ft)
- Density
- 5.4/km (14/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- −8.7%
- Demonym
- Ibestadværing
- Norwegian form
- Bokmål
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Ibestad kommune
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Encyclopedic overview
Ibestad (Northern Sami: Ivvárstádik) is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Central Hålogaland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hamnvik. Some of the other larger villages in Ibestad include Engenes, Laupstad, Rollnes, Sørrollnes, Sørvika, and Å.
The 241-square-kilometre (93 sq mi) municipality is the 293rd largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Ibestad Municipality is the 313th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,311. The municipality's population density is 5.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (14/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 8.7% over the previous 10-year period.
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