Sørfold Municipality
Sørfold Municipality
Sørfold kommune Fuoldá suohkan | |
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| Sørfolden herred (historic name) | |
View of Kviturfjellet and Veikdalsisen | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Nordland within Norway | |
Sørfold within Nordland | |
| Coordinates: 67°13′14″N 15°48′31″E / 67.22056°N 15.80861°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Nordland |
| District | Salten |
| Established | 1 Jan 1887 |
| • Preceded by | Folden Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Straumen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Kolbjørn Mathisen (Ap) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,637.41 km2 (632.21 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,471.26 km2 (568.06 sq mi) |
| • Water | 166.15 km2 (64.15 sq mi) 10.1% |
| • Rank | #48 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,663.6 m (5,458 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 1,858 |
| • Rank | #290 in Norway |
| • Density | 1.1/km2 (2.8/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −6.5% |
| Demonym | Sørfoldværing |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1845 |
| Website | Official website |
Sørfold (Norwegian) or Fuolldá (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 Straumen. Other villages in the municipality include Leirfjordgården, Mørsvikbotn, Røsvika, Rørstad, Styrkesvik, and Øvre Kvarv. The municipality surrounds the Sørfolda fjord and stretches east to the border with Sweden.
The 1,637-square-kilometre (632 sq mi) municipality is the 48th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Sørfold is the 290th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,858. The municipality's population density is 1.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (2.8/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 6.5% over the previous 10-year period.