Herøy Municipality (Nordland)
Herøy Municipality
Herøy kommune | |
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| Herø herred (historic name) | |
De syv søstre mountains seen from Herøy | |
Nordland within Norway | |
Herøy within Nordland | |
| Coordinates: 65°59′55″N 12°13′02″E / 65.99861°N 12.21722°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Nordland |
| District | Helgeland |
| Established | 1864 |
| • Preceded by | Alstahaug Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Silvalen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019) | Elbjørg Larsen (Ap) |
| Area | |
• Total | 64.46 km2 (24.89 sq mi) |
| • Land | 63.89 km2 (24.67 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.57 km2 (0.22 sq mi) 0.9% |
| • Rank | #344 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 119.15 m (390.91 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 1,842 |
| • Rank | #291 in Norway |
| • Density | 28.6/km2 (74/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +6.3% |
| Demonym | Herøyfjerding |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1818 |
| Website | Official website |
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Herøy is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Silvalen. The island municipality is located about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) west of the town of Sandnessjøen.
The 64-square-kilometre (25 sq mi) municipality is the 344th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Herøy is the 291st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,842. The municipality's population density is 28.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (74/sq mi) and its population has increased by 6.3% over the previous 10-year period.