Flakstad

Flakstad Municipality
Flakstad kommune
View of a beach in Flakstad
View of a beach in Flakstad
Nordland within Norway
Nordland within Norway
Flakstad within Nordland
Flakstad within Nordland
Coordinates: 68°04′45″N 13°16′28″E / 68.07917°N 13.27444°E / 68.07917; 13.27444
CountryNorway
CountyNordland
DistrictLofoten
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byMoskenes Municipality
Re-established1 Jan 1976
 • Preceded byMoskenes Municipality
Administrative centreRamberg
Government
 • Mayor (2023)Einar Benjaminsen (LL)
Area
 • Total178.44 km2 (68.90 sq mi)
 • Land169.13 km2 (65.30 sq mi)
 • Water9.31 km2 (3.59 sq mi)  5.2%
 • Rank#311 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total1,220
 • Rank#318 in Norway
 • Density7.2/km2 (19/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −11.3%
DemonymFlakstadfjerding[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1859[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Flakstad is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of the island group Lofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ramberg.

Ramberg

Other villages include Fredvang, Napp, Nusfjord, and Vareid.

The municipality is located in the Lofoten Islands and comprises the entire island of Flakstadøya and the northern part of the island of Moskenesøya. The European route E10 highway runs across the whole municipality.

The 178-square-kilometre (69 sq mi) municipality is the 311th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Flakstad is the 318th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,220. The municipality's population density is 7.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (19/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 11.3% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).

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