Hamarøy Municipality
Hamarøy Municipality
Hamarøy kommune Hábmera suohkan | |
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| Hammerø herred (historic name) | |
View near Tømmernes in Hamarøy | |
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Coat of arms | |
Nordland within Norway | |
Hamarøy within Nordland | |
| Coordinates: 68°04′33″N 15°46′56″E / 68.07583°N 15.78222°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Nordland |
| District | Salten |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Oppeid |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019) | Britt Kristoffersen Løksa (Sp) |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,020.44 km2 (780.10 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,837.61 km2 (709.51 sq mi) |
| • Water | 182.83 km2 (70.59 sq mi) 9% |
| • Rank | #36 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,517.49 m (4,978.6 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 2,729 |
| • Rank | #243 in Norway |
| • Density | 1.4/km2 (3.6/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +49.9% |
| Demonyms | Hamarøying Hamarøyværing |
| Official languages | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| • Sámi form | Lule Sami |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1875 |
| Website | Official website |
Hamarøy (Norwegian) or Hábmer (Lule Sami) 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 Oppeid. Other villages include Drag, Hellmobotn, Innhavet, Karlsøy, Korsnes, Presteid, Skutvika, Tømmerneset, Tranøya, and Ulvsvåg.
The 2,020-square-kilometre (780 sq mi) municipality is the 36th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Hamarøy Municipality is the 243rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,729. The municipality's population density is 1.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.6/sq mi) and its population has increased by about 50% over the previous 10-year period (due to the enlargement of the municipality when part of Tysfjord Municipaltiy became part of Hamarøy in 2020).