Vevelstad Municipality
Vevelstad Municipality
Vevelstad kommune | |
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Nordland within Norway | |
Vevelstad within Nordland | |
| Coordinates: 65°40′06″N 12°31′07″E / 65.66833°N 12.51861°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Nordland |
| District | Helgeland |
| Established | 1 July 1916 |
| • Preceded by | Tjøtta Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Forvik |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Sivert Vevelstad (Ap) |
| Area | |
• Total | 539.04 km2 (208.12 sq mi) |
| • Land | 516.24 km2 (199.32 sq mi) |
| • Water | 22.80 km2 (8.80 sq mi) 4.2% |
| • Rank | #198 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,239.2 m (4,065.6 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 480 |
| • Rank | #352 in Norway |
| • Density | 0.9/km2 (2/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −3% |
| Demonym | Vevelstadværing |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1816 |
| Website | Official website |
Vevelstad is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Forvik. The municipality is relatively small and isolated, with no road connections to the rest of Norway. It is only accessible by ferry, despite much of the municipality being located on the mainland.
The 539-square-kilometre (208 sq mi) municipality is the 198th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Vevelstad is the 352nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 480. The municipality's population density is 0.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (2.3/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 3% over the previous 10-year period.