Vevelstad
Municipality in Nordland, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the municipality in Norway. For the place in Ski, Norway, see Langhus.
Vevelstad is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Forvika.
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Vevelstad Municipality
Vevelstad kommune | |
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Coordinates: 65°40′06″N 12°31′07″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Nordland |
District | Helgeland |
Established | 1 July 1916 |
• Preceded by | Tjøtta Municipality |
Administrative centre | Forvika |
Government | |
• Mayor (2023) | Sivert Vevelstad (Ap) |
Area | |
• Total | 539.06 km2 (208.13 sq mi) |
• Land | 516.24 km2 (199.32 sq mi) |
• Water | 22.80 km2 (8.80 sq mi) 4.2% |
• Rank | #199 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 454 |
• Rank | #352 in Norway |
• Density | 0.9/km2 (2/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | −9.2% |
Demonym | Vevelstadværing[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Bokmål |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-1816[3] |
Website | Official website |
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The 539-square-kilometre (208 sq mi) municipality is the 199th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Vevelstad is the 352nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 454. The municipality's population density is 0.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (2.3/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 9.2% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]