Stad Municipality
Stad Municipality
Stad kommune | |
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View of the Selje area and the Stad peninsula | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Vestland within Norway | |
Stad within Vestland | |
| Coordinates: 61°54′41″N 6°02′14″E / 61.91139°N 6.03722°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vestland |
| District | Nordfjord |
| Established | 1 Jan 2020 |
| • Preceded by | Selje, Eid, Vågsøy |
| Administrative centre | Nordfjordeid |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2024) | Judith Kvåle (Ap) |
| Area | |
• Total | 752.78 km2 (290.65 sq mi) |
| • Land | 694.53 km2 (268.16 sq mi) |
| • Water | 58.25 km2 (22.49 sq mi) 7.7% |
| • Rank | #152 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,297.17 m (4,255.8 ft) |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 9,655 |
| • Rank | #119 in Norway |
| • Density | 12.8/km2 (33/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +10.4% |
| Demonym | Stadværing |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-4649 |
| Website | Official website |
Stad is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The municipality includes much of the northern shore of the Nordfjorden as well as the Stadlandet peninsula. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Nordfjordeid. Other villages in the municipality include Selje, Barmen, Ervik, Flatraket, Hoddevik, Hoddevika, Håvik, Leikanger, Mogrenda, Stårheim, Haugen, Kjølsdalen, Heggjabygda, and Lote.
The 752.78-square-kilometre (290.65 sq mi) municipality is the 152nd largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Stad Municipality is the 119th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 9,543. The municipality's population density is 12.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (33/sq mi) and its population has increased by 10.4% over the previous 10-year period.
The Stad Ship Tunnel is a planned canal and tunnel to bypass the Stad peninsula in Stad Municipality. When built it will be the first full-size ship tunnel in the world and will allow boats to avoid traveling around the Stad peninsula which is a particularly dangerous sea route.