Narvik

Narvik Municipality
Narvik kommune

Áhkanjárga (Northern Sami)
View of Narvik
View of Narvik
Nicknames: 
By1, Victoria Havn
Nordland within Norway
Nordland within Norway
Narvik within Nordland
Narvik within Nordland
Coordinates: 68°25′14″N 17°33′36″E / 68.42056°N 17.56000°E / 68.42056; 17.56000
CountryNorway
CountyNordland
DistrictOfoten
Established1 Jan 1902
 • Preceded byAnkenes Municipality
Administrative centreNarvik
Government
 • Mayor (2015)Rune Edvardsen (Ap)
Area
 • Total3,432.20 km2 (1,325.18 sq mi)
 • Land3,194.68 km2 (1,233.47 sq mi)
 • Water237.52 km2 (91.71 sq mi)  6.9%
 • Rank#10 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total21,515
 • Rank#58 in Norway
 • Density6.7/km2 (17/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −2.2%
DemonymsNarvikværing
Narviking[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1806[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Narvik (Narvik; Northern Sami: Áhkanjárga[4]) is the third-largest municipality in Nordland county, Norway, by population. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Narvik. Some of the notable villages in the municipality include Ankenesstranda, Ballangen, Beisfjord, Bjerkvik, Bjørnfjell, Elvegård, Kjøpsvik, Skjomen, Håkvik, Hergot, Straumsnes, and Vidrek. The Elvegårdsmoen army camp is located near Bjerkvik.

Narvik is located on the shores of the Ofotfjorden. The municipality is part of the traditional district of Ofoten of Northern Norway, inside the Arctic Circle. The municipality of Narvik borders the municipality of Hamarøy to the southwest, Evenes to the northwest, Bardu, Gratangen, Lavangen and Tjeldsund (in Troms county) to the north, and Norrbotten County (Lapland) in Sweden to the south and east.

The 3,432-square-kilometre (1,325 sq mi) municipality is the 10th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Narvik is the 58th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 21,515. The municipality's population density is 6.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (17/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 2.2% over the previous 10-year period.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Schanche, Tor Emil (22 September 2016). "Nå er denne byen endelig formelt "døpt" med et samisk navn". NRK Sápmi (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2020). "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  6. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2020). "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km2) (M)" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2019.

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