Gildeskål Municipality
Gildeskål Municipality
Gildeskål kommune | |
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| Gildeskaal herred (historic name) | |
View of Inndyr | |
Nordland within Norway | |
Gildeskål within Nordland | |
| Coordinates: 67°01′24″N 14°04′38″E / 67.02333°N 14.07722°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Nordland |
| District | Salten |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Inndyr |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019) | Bjørn Magne Pedersen (H) |
| Area | |
• Total | 664.70 km2 (256.64 sq mi) |
| • Land | 622.27 km2 (240.26 sq mi) |
| • Water | 42.43 km2 (16.38 sq mi) 6.4% |
| • Rank | #170 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,331.83 m (4,369.52 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 1,958 |
| • Rank | #285 in Norway |
| • Density | 2.9/km2 (8/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −3.2% |
| Demonyms | Gildeskålfjerding Gildeskålværing |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1838 |
| Website | Official website |
Gildeskål is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Bodø Region and the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Inndyr. Other villages include Forstranda, Lekanger, Mevik, Mårnes, Nygårdsjøen, Saura, Storvik, Sør-Arnøy, Sørfinnset, and Våg.
The 665-square-kilometre (257 sq mi) municipality is the 170th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Gildeskål is the 285th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,958. The municipality's population density is 2.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.5/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 3.2% over the previous 10-year period.