Ofoten Municipality
Ofoten Municipality
Ofoten herred | |
|---|---|
Nordland within Norway | |
Ofoten within Nordland | |
| Coordinates: 68°26′11″N 17°23′54″E / 68.4363°N 17.3983°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Nordland |
| District | Ofoten |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1884 |
| • Succeeded by | Ankenes Municipality and Evenes Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Narvik |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Bertheus Normann (1882-1884) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 2,998.3 km2 (1,157.7 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 1,893.7 m (6,212.9 ft) |
| Population (1884) | |
• Total | 4,131 |
| • Density | 1.4/km2 (3.6/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Ofoting |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1853 |
Ofoten is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The 2,998.3-square-kilometre (1,157.7 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1884. The municipality included the areas on both sides of the inner part of the Ofotfjorden mostly in what is now Narvik Municipality and Evenes Municipality. The administrative centre of Ofoten was the village of Narvik (which later became a town in 1902). After the municipality was dissolved in 1884, the name Ofoten has been used to refer to the region that once was this municipality.