Værøy Municipality
Værøy Municipality
Værøy kommune | |
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| Værø herred (historic name) | |
The islands and islets of Værøy | |
Nordland within Norway | |
Værøy within Nordland | |
| Coordinates: 67°40′23″N 12°40′09″E / 67.67306°N 12.66917°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Nordland |
| District | Lofoten |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| Administrative centre | Sørland |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019) | Susann Hjørdis Berg Kristiansen (LL) |
| Area | |
• Total | 18.64 km2 (7.20 sq mi) |
| • Land | 18.61 km2 (7.19 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.03 km2 (0.01 sq mi) 0.2% |
| • Rank | #352 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 450.13 m (1,476.80 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 683 |
| • Rank | #348 in Norway |
| • Density | 36.6/km2 (95/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −12.1% |
| Demonym | Værøyværing |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1857 |
| Website | Official website |
Værøy is an island municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Lofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sørland on the main island of Værøya. The other village in Værøy is Nordland. Most of the residents live in the Sørland area surrounding the main harbor. The old Værøy Lighthouse sits at the end of that harbor.
The 19-square-kilometre (7.3 sq mi) municipality is the 352nd largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Værøy is the 348th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of only 683. The municipality's population density is 36.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (95/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 12.1% over the previous 10-year period.