Steigen Municipality
Steigen Municipality
Steigen kommune | |
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View of the village of Nordskot | |
Nordland within Norway | |
Steigen within Nordland | |
| Coordinates: 67°47′54″N 15°10′19″E / 67.79833°N 15.17194°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Nordland |
| District | Salten |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Leinesfjorden |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019) | Aase Refsnes (SV) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,009.26 km2 (389.68 sq mi) |
| • Land | 963.58 km2 (372.04 sq mi) |
| • Water | 45.68 km2 (17.64 sq mi) 4.5% |
| • Rank | #114 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,351.15 m (4,432.91 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 2,672 |
| • Rank | #245 in Norway |
| • Density | 2.6/km2 (7/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +3.6% |
| Demonym | Steigværing |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1848 |
| Website | Official website |
Steigen (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈstæɪɡn̩]) 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 Leinesfjorden. Other villages include Leirvikbogen, Leines, Nordfold, Nordskot, and Sørskot. Engeløy Airport, Grådussan is located in the northern part of the municipality. Måløy–Skarholmen Lighthouse is located in the Vestfjorden in the western part of the municipality. The only road access to the municipality is via the Steigen Tunnel.
The 1,009-square-kilometre (390 sq mi) municipality is the 114th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Steigen is the 245th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,672. The municipality's population density is 2.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (6.7/sq mi) and its population has increased by 3.6% over the previous 10-year period.