Leka Municipality
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Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Trøndelag
- District
- Namdalen
- Established
- 1 Oct 1860
- Preceded by
- Kolvereid Municipality
- Administrative centre
- Leknes
- Total
- 110.12 km (42.52 sq mi)
- Land
- 108.33 km (41.83 sq mi)
- Water
- 1.79 km (0.69 sq mi) 1.6%
- Rank
- # 326 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 588.28 m (1,930.1 ft)
- Density
- 5.5/km (14/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- +8.6%
- Demonym
- Lekværing
- Norwegian form
- Neutral
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Iso 3166 code
- NO-5052
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Norway
- Demonym
- lekværing
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Nord-Trøndelag
- Capital
- Leknes
- Population
- 596
- Area
- 0.08
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Bindal Municipality
- Official website
- www.leka.kommune.no
- Image
- Steinstid sommer.JPG
- Households
- 0
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- Commons category
- Leka
- topic's main category
- Category:Leka, Norway
- language used
- Nynorsk
- inception
- 1860-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Leka is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Leknes on the island of Leka. Other villages in Leka include Sør-Gutvika and Madsøygrenda.
Leka island has a unique geology View of the island The 110-square-kilometre (42 sq mi) municipality is the 326th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Leka Municipality is the 349th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 604. The municipality's population density is 5.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (14/sq mi) and its population has increased by 8.6% over the previous 10-year period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leka Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.