Vefsn Municipality
Vefsn kommune | |
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| Vefsen herred (historic name) | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Nordland within Norway | |
 Vefsn within Nordland | |
| Coordinates: 65°47′57″N 13°15′02″E / 65.79917°N 13.25056°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Nordland |
| District | Helgeland |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Mosjøen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Rune Krutå (Ap) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,929.40 km2 (744.95 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,838.13 km2 (709.71 sq mi) |
| • Water | 91.27 km2 (35.24 sq mi) 4.7% |
| • Rank | #41 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,556.55 m (5,106.79 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 13,469 |
| • Rank | #91 in Norway |
| • Density | 7/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  +1.4% |
| Demonym | Vefsning[2] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1824[4] |
| Website | Official website |
Vefsn (Southern Sami: Vaapste) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Mosjøen (population: 9,843). Some of the notable villages in Vefsn include Drevvassbygda, Elsfjord, and Husvik.
The 1,929-square-kilometre (745 sq mi) municipality is the 41st largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Vefsn is the 91st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 13,469. The municipality's population density is 7 inhabitants per square kilometre (18/sq mi) and its population has increased by 1.4% over the previous 10-year period.[5][6]
- ^ "Høgaste fjelltopp i kvar kommune" (in Norwegian). Kartverket. 16 January 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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).