Tjeldsund Municipality
Tjeldsund Municipality
Tjeldsund kommune Dielddanuori suohkan | |
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View of Fjelldal in the summer | |
Troms within Norway | |
Tjeldsund within Troms | |
| Coordinates: 68°29′04″N 16°17′33″E / 68.48444°N 16.29250°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Troms |
| District | Northern Norway |
| Established | 1 Jan 1909 |
| • Preceded by | Lødingen Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Evenskjer |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Robin Ridderseth (LL) |
| Area | |
• Total | 814.41 km2 (314.45 sq mi) |
| • Land | 774.66 km2 (299.10 sq mi) |
| • Water | 39.75 km2 (15.35 sq mi) 4.9% |
| • Rank | #139 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,305.86 m (4,284.32 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 4,281 |
| • Rank | #199 in Norway |
| • Density | 5.3/km2 (14/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +1.8% |
| Demonym | Tjeldsunding |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-5512 |
| Website | Official website |
Tjeldsund (Norwegian) or Dielddanuorri (Northern Sami) is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The southwestern part of the municipality is part of the traditional district of Ofoten and the rest of the municipality is part of Central Hålogaland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Evenskjer. Other important villages include Boltåsen, Fjelldal, Grov, Myklebostad, Ramsund, Renså, Sandstrand, and Tovika. Norges Brannskole (Norway's education and training center for firemen) is situated in Fjelldal. Marinejegerkommandoen is based south of Ramsund.
The 814-square-kilometre (314 sq mi) municipality is the 139th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Tjeldsund is the 199th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,281. The municipality's population density is 5.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (14/sq mi) and its population has increased by 1.8% over the previous 10-year period.