Saltdal Municipality
Saltdal Municipality
Saltdal kommune | |
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| Saltdalen herred (historic name) | |
View of Saltdal where the valley meets the fjord | |
Nordland within Norway | |
Saltdal within Nordland | |
| Coordinates: 66°55′12″N 15°33′36″E / 66.92000°N 15.56000°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Nordland |
| District | Salten |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Rognan |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Runar Løvdal Jensen (Ap) |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,216.19 km2 (855.68 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2,083.96 km2 (804.62 sq mi) |
| • Water | 132.23 km2 (51.05 sq mi) 6% |
| • Rank | #26 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,755.98 m (5,761.09 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 4,880 |
| • Rank | #186 in Norway |
| • Density | 2.2/km2 (6/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +4.1% |
| Demonym | Saltdaling |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1840 |
| Website | Official website |
Saltdal (Northern Sami: Sálát) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rognan. Other villages in Saltdal include Røkland, Lønsdal, Langset, and Saksenvika.
The 2,216-square-kilometre (856 sq mi) municipality is the 26th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Saltdal is the 186th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,880. The municipality's population density is 2.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (5.7/sq mi) and its population has increased by 4.1% over the previous 10-year period.