Meløy

municipality in Nordland, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Nordland
District: Salten
Established: 1 Jan 1884
Preceded by: Rødøy Municipality
Administrative centre: Ørnes
Mayor 2015: Sigurd Stormo ( Ap )
Total: 873.83 km (337.39 sq mi)
Land: 798.02 km (308.12 sq mi)
Water: 75.81 km (29.27 sq mi) 8.7%
Rank: # 133 in Norway
Highest elevation: 1,636.81 m (5,370.1 ft)
Density: 7.1/km (18/sq mi)
Change 10 years: −4.8%
Demonym: Meløyfjerding
Norwegian form: Bokmål
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+02:00 ( CEST )

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Wikidata facts

Demonym: meløyfjerding
Population: 6074
Area: 0.63
Official website: www.meloy.kommune.no
Image: Ørnes winter.jpg
Households: 132

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Commons category: Meløy
inception: 1884-01-01

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Meløy is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Salten traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ørnes. Other villages include Eidbukt, Neverdal, Glomfjord, Halsa, Reipå, Støtt, and Ågskardet.

The municipality is situated just to the north of the Arctic Circle on Norway's west coast. It encompasses the island of Meløya and some 700 other islands of various sizes around the Meløyfjorden, Glomfjorden, and Holandsfjorden in the south, along with a stretch of mainland coast.