Lurøy Municipality
Lurøy Municipality
Lurøy kommune | |
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| Lurø herred (historic name) | |
View of Tonnes in northern Lurøy | |
Nordland within Norway | |
Lurøy within Nordland | |
| Coordinates: 66°25′55″N 12°51′18″E / 66.43194°N 12.85500°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Nordland |
| District | Helgeland |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Onøya |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019) | Håkon Lund (H) |
| Area | |
• Total | 265.16 km2 (102.38 sq mi) |
| • Land | 258.11 km2 (99.66 sq mi) |
| • Water | 7.04 km2 (2.72 sq mi) 2.7% |
| • Rank | #275 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,172.7 m (3,847.4 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 1,886 |
| • Rank | #288 in Norway |
| • Density | 7.1/km2 (18/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −0.8% |
| Demonym | Lurøyværing |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1834 |
| Website | Official website |
Lurøy is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is located on the island of Onøya. Other villages in Lurøy include Aldra, Haugland, Konsvikosen, Lovund, Lurøy, Sleneset / Solværøyene, Stokkvågen, and Tonnes.
The municipality is located on the coast just south of the Arctic Circle, on the western edge of the Saltfjellet mountain range. The Lurøygården (Lurøy Farm) on the island of Lurøya is a more-than-200-year-old renaissance garden with old plants, a pool, and a nearly 20-metre (66 ft) high Copper Beech.
The 265-square-kilometre (102 sq mi) municipality is the 275th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Lurøy is the 288th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,886. The municipality's population density is 7.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (18/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 0.8% over the previous 10-year period.