Nordfold Municipality
Nordfold Municipality
Nordfold herred | |
|---|---|
| Nordfolden herred (historic name) | |
View of Nordfold | |
Nordland within Norway | |
Nordfold within Nordland | |
| Coordinates: 67°45′44″N 15°13′49″E / 67.7623°N 15.2302°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Nordland |
| District | Salten |
| Established | 1 Jan 1906 |
| • Preceded by | Nordfolden-Kjerringø Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Steigen Municipality and Sørfold Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Nordfold |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 560.8 km2 (216.5 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #180 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,351.15 m (4,432.91 ft) |
| Population (1963) | |
• Total | 1,481 |
| • Rank | #539 in Norway |
| • Density | 2.6/km2 (7/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −11.4% |
| Demonym | Nordfoldværing |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1846 |
Nordfold is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The 561-square-kilometre (217 sq mi) municipality existed from 1906 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality surrounded the Nordfolda branch off of the Folda fjord in what is now Steigen Municipality, plus a small portion of the present-day Sørfold Municipality. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Nordfold, where the Nordfold Church is located.
Prior to its dissolution in 1963, the 560.8-square-kilometre (216.5 sq mi) municipality was the 180th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Nordfold Municipality was the 539th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,481. The municipality's population density was 2.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (6.7/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 11.4% over the previous 10-year period.