Malangen Municipality
Malangen herred | |
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.jpg) View of Malangen | |
 Troms within Norway | |
 Malangen within Troms | |
| Coordinates: 69°21′8″N 18°50′51″E / 69.35222°N 18.84750°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Troms |
| District | Hålogaland |
| Established | 1 Jan 1871 |
| • Preceded by | Balsfjord Municipality and Lenvik Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Balsfjord Municipality and Målselv Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Mortenhals |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1956-1963) | Alfred Sagelvmo (Ap) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 372.2 km2 (143.7 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #244 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,326 m (4,350 ft) |
| Population (1963) | |
• Total | 2,090 |
| • Rank | #421 in Norway |
| • Density | 5.6/km2 (15/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  −7.2% |
| Demonyms | Malangsfjerding Malangsværing[2] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål[3] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1932[5] |
Malangen (Northern Sami: Málatvuotna or Kven: Malankivuono) is a former municipality in Troms county in Norway. The 372-square-kilometre (144 sq mi) municipality existed from 1871 until its dissolution in 1964. The old municipality surrounded the Malangen fjord and today that area is divided between several municipalities: Balsfjord, Lenvik, Tromsø, and Målselv. The administrative centre was the village of Mortenhals where the main church for the municipality, Malangen Church, is located.[6][7]
Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the 372.2-square-kilometre (143.7 sq mi) municipality was the 244th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Malangen Municipality was the 421st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 2,090. The municipality's population density was 5.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (15/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 7.2% over the previous 10-year period.[8][9]
- ^ Helland, Amund (1899). "Malangen herred". XIX. Tromsø Amt. Anden del. Norges land og folk (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 231. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1932. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 453–471. 1932.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (25 November 2017). "Malangen - sogn". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- ^ Helland, Amund (1899). "Malangen herred". Norges land og folk: Tromsø amt (in Norwegian). Vol. XIX. Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 230. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 1951). Norges Sivile, Geistlige, Rettslige og Militære Inndeling 1. Januar 1951 (PDF). Norges Offisielle Statistikk (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: H. Aschehoug & Co.