Modalen Municipality

municipality in Vestland, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Vestland
District: Nordhordland
Established: 1 Jan 1910
Preceded by: Hosanger Municipality
Administrative centre: Mo
Mayor 2023: Linda Neset ( LL )
Total: 411.98 km (159.07 sq mi)
Land: 379.08 km (146.36 sq mi)
Water: 32.90 km (12.70 sq mi) 8%
Rank: # 235 in Norway
Highest elevation: 1,289.36 m (4,230.2 ft)
Density

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Modalen is a municipality in the Nordhordland district in the central part of Vestland county in Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Mo. The other main village in the municipality is Øvre Helland. Most of the residents of Modalen Municipality live in the main Modalen valley which extends eastwards from the end of the Romarheimsfjorden.

The 412-square-kilometre (159 sq mi) municipality is the 236th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Modalen Municipality is the 356th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 392 (making it the second smallest municipality in Norway after Utsira Municipality). The municipality's population density is 1 inhabitant per square kilometre (2.6/sq mi) and its population has increased by 3.2% over the previous 10-year period.