Vevelstad Municipality

Vevelstad Municipality
Vevelstad kommune
Flag of Vevelstad Municipality
Coat of arms of Vevelstad Municipality
Nordland within Norway
Nordland within Norway
Vevelstad within Nordland
Vevelstad within Nordland
Coordinates: 65°40′06″N 12°31′07″E / 65.66833°N 12.51861°E / 65.66833; 12.51861
CountryNorway
CountyNordland
DistrictHelgeland
Established1 July 1916
 • Preceded byTjøtta Municipality
Administrative centreForvik
Government
 • Mayor (2023)Sivert Vevelstad (Ap)
Area
 • Total539.04 km2 (208.12 sq mi)
 • Land516.24 km2 (199.32 sq mi)
 • Water22.80 km2 (8.80 sq mi)  4.2%
 • Rank#198 in Norway
Highest elevation1,239.2 m (4,065.6 ft)
Population
 (2024)
 • Total480
 • Rank#352 in Norway
 • Density0.9/km2 (2/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −3%
DemonymVevelstadværing[2]
Official language
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1816[4]
WebsiteOfficial website

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 Forvik. The municipality is relatively small and isolated, with no road connections to the rest of Norway. It is only accessible by ferry, despite much of the municipality being located on the mainland.

The 539-square-kilometre (208 sq mi) municipality is the 198th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Vevelstad is the 352nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 480. The municipality's population density is 0.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (2.3/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 3% over the previous 10-year period.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Høgaste fjelltopp i kvar kommune" (in Norwegian). Kartverket. 16 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  3. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  4. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  6. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).