Ofoten (municipality)

Ofoten Municipality
Ofoten herred
Nordland within Norway
Nordland within Norway
Ofoten within Nordland
Ofoten within Nordland
Coordinates: 68°26′11″N 17°23′54″E / 68.4363°N 17.3983°E / 68.4363; 17.3983
CountryNorway
CountyNordland
DistrictOfoten
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1884
 • Succeeded byAnkenes and Evenes
Administrative centreNarvik
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total2,998.3 km2 (1,157.7 sq mi)
Population
 (1884)
 • Total4,131
 • Density1.4/km2 (3.6/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1853[1]

Ofoten is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The 2,998.3-square-kilometre (1,157.7 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1884. The municipality included the areas on both sides of the inner part of the Ofotfjorden mostly in what is now the municipalities of Narvik, Ballangen, and Evenes. The administrative centre of Ofoten was the village of Narvik (which later became a town in 1902). After the municipality was dissolved in 1884, the name Ofoten has been used to refer to the region that once was this municipality.[2]

  1. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  2. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (13 February 2017). "Ofoten – tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 15 September 2018.

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