Langenes Municipality

Langenes Municipality
Langenes herred
View of the village harbour of Stø
View of the village harbour of Stø
Nordland within Norway
Nordland within Norway
Langenes within Nordland
Langenes within Nordland
Coordinates: 69°01′07″N 15°09′21″E / 69.01861°N 15.15583°E / 69.01861; 15.15583
CountryNorway
CountyNordland
DistrictVesterålen
Established1 Jan 1919
 • Preceded byØksnes Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byØksnes Municipality
Administrative centreStø
Government
 • Mayor (1955-1963)Otto Holm (Ap)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total103.4 km2 (39.9 sq mi)
 • Rank#513 in Norway
Highest elevation762.46 m (2,501.51 ft)
Population
 (1963)
 • Total2,040
 • Rank#428 in Norway
 • Density19.7/km2 (51/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +5.8%
DemonymsLangnesfjerding
Langenesfjerding[2]
Official language
 • Norwegian formBokmål[3]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1869[5]

Langenes is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The municipality, which existed from 1919 until 1964, encompassed the western shore of the Gavlfjorden in what is now Øksnes Municipality. It is located on the northern end of the large island of Langøya in the Vesterålen archipelago. The administrative centre was in the village of Stø, just east of the Langenes Church in the northern part of the municipality.[6]

  1. ^ "Høgaste fjelltopp i kvar kommune" (in Norwegian). Kartverket. 16 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  3. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1932. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 453–471. 1932.
  4. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  5. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  6. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Langenes" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 August 2012.