Stad Municipality
Stad kommune | |
|---|---|
 View of the Selje area and the Stad peninsula | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Vestland within Norway | |
 Stad within Vestland | |
| Coordinates: 61°54′41″N 6°02′14″E / 61.91139°N 6.03722°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vestland |
| District | Nordfjord |
| Established | 1 Jan 2020 |
| • Preceded by | Selje, Eid, Vågsøy |
| Administrative centre | Nordfjordeid |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Sigurd Reksnes (Sp) |
| Area | |
• Total | 752.77 km2 (290.65 sq mi) |
| • Land | 694.53 km2 (268.16 sq mi) |
| • Water | 58.25 km2 (22.49 sq mi) 7.7% |
| • Rank | #152 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 9,543 |
| • Rank | #119 in Norway |
| • Density | 13.7/km2 (35/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  +9.6% |
| Demonym | Stadværing[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-4649[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Stad is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The municipality includes much of the northern shore of the Nordfjorden as well as the Stad peninsula.[4] The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Nordfjordeid. Other villages in the municipality include Selje, Barmen, Ervik, Flatraket, Hoddevik, Hoddevika, Håvik, Leikanger, Mogrenda, Stårheim, Haugen, Kjølsdalen, Heggjabygda, and Lote.
The 753-square-kilometre (291 sq mi) municipality is the 152nd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Stad is the 119th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 9,543. The municipality's population density is 13.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (35/sq mi) and its population has increased by 9.6% over the previous 10-year period.[5][6]
The Stad Ship Tunnel is a planned canal and tunnel to bypass the Stad peninsula in Stad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. When built it will be the first full-size ship tunnel in the world and will allow boats to avoid traveling around the Stad peninsula—a particularly dangerous sea route.
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Paus, Mari, ed. (20 September 2019). "Stad - kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).