Meløy Municipality
Meløy Municipality
Meløy kommune | |
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| Melø herred (historic name) | |
View of Ørnes in winter | |
Nordland within Norway | |
Meløy within Nordland | |
| Coordinates: 66°47′17″N 13°40′33″E / 66.78806°N 13.67583°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Nordland |
| District | Salten |
| Established | 1 Jan 1884 |
| • Preceded by | Rødøy Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Ørnes |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2015) | Sigurd Stormo (Ap) |
| Area | |
• Total | 873.83 km2 (337.39 sq mi) |
| • Land | 798.02 km2 (308.12 sq mi) |
| • Water | 75.81 km2 (29.27 sq mi) 8.7% |
| • Rank | #133 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,636.81 m (5,370.11 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 6,180 |
| • Rank | #157 in Norway |
| • Density | 7.1/km2 (18/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −4.8% |
| Demonym | Meløyfjerding |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1837 |
| Website | Official website |
Meløy is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Salten traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ørnes. Other villages include Eidbukt, Neverdal, Glomfjord, Halsa, Reipå, Støtt, and Ågskardet.
The municipality is situated just to the north of the Arctic Circle on Norway's west coast. It encompasses the island of Meløya and some 700 other islands of various sizes around the Meløyfjorden, Glomfjorden, and Holandsfjorden in the south, along with a stretch of mainland coast.
The 874-square-kilometre (337 sq mi) municipality is the 133rd largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Meløy is the 157th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 6,180. The municipality's population density is 7.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (18/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 4.8% over the previous 10-year period.