Lødingen
Municipality in Nordland, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lødingen (Northern Sami: Lodegak) is a municipality in Nordland county in Norway. Lødingen is located on the southeastern corner of the island of Hinnøya, and is part of the traditional district of Ofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lødingen. The other main part of the municipality is Vestbygda. Lødingen has the nickname "Biketown" because it hosts several annual bicycle races, including "Lofoten Insomnia" and Vestbygd-rittet.
Lødingen Municipality
Lødingen kommune | |
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Nickname: Biketown | |
Coordinates: 68°24′15″N 15°34′17″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Nordland |
District | Ofoten |
Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
• Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
Administrative centre | Lødingen |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019) | Hugo Jacobsen (Ap) |
Area | |
• Total | 527.42 km2 (203.64 sq mi) |
• Land | 507.67 km2 (196.01 sq mi) |
• Water | 19.74 km2 (7.62 sq mi) 3.7% |
• Rank | #202 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 1,985 |
• Rank | #280 in Norway |
• Density | 3.9/km2 (10/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | −10.6% |
Demonym | Lødingsværing[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Bokmål |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-1851[3] |
Website | Official website |
The 527-square-kilometre (203 sq mi) municipality is by area the 202nd largest out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Lødingen is the 280th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,985. The municipality's population density is 3.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (10/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 10.6% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]