Tjeldsund Municipality

Tjeldsund Municipality
Tjeldsund kommune
Dielddanuori suohkan
View of Fjelldal in the summer
View of Fjelldal in the summer
Flag of Tjeldsund Municipality
Coat of arms of Tjeldsund Municipality
Troms within Norway
Troms within Norway
Tjeldsund within Troms
Tjeldsund within Troms
Coordinates: 68°29′04″N 16°17′33″E / 68.48444°N 16.29250°E / 68.48444; 16.29250
CountryNorway
CountyTroms
DistrictNorthern Norway
Established1 Jan 1909
 • Preceded byLødingen Municipality
Administrative centreEvenskjer
Government
 • Mayor (2023)Robin Ridderseth (LL)
Area
 • Total
814.41 km2 (314.45 sq mi)
 • Land774.66 km2 (299.10 sq mi)
 • Water39.75 km2 (15.35 sq mi)  4.9%
 • Rank#139 in Norway
Highest elevation1,305.86 m (4,284.32 ft)
Population
 (2024)
 • Total
4,281
 • Rank#199 in Norway
 • Density5.3/km2 (14/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +1.8%
DemonymTjeldsunding[2]
Official language
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-5512[4]
WebsiteOfficial website

Tjeldsund (Norwegian) or Dielddanuorri (Northern Sami)[5][6] is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The southwestern part of the municipality is part of the traditional district of Ofoten and the rest of the municipality is part of Central Hålogaland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Evenskjer. Other important villages include Boltåsen, Fjelldal, Grov, Myklebostad, Ramsund, Renså, Sandstrand, and Tovika. Norges Brannskole (Norway's education and training center for firemen) is situated in Fjelldal. Marinejegerkommandoen is based south of Ramsund.

The 814-square-kilometre (314 sq mi) municipality is the 139th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Tjeldsund is the 199th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,281. The municipality's population density is 5.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (14/sq mi) and its population has increased by 1.8% over the previous 10-year period.[7][8]

  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. ^ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference sami name was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  8. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).