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coat of arms map
Coat of arms of the Hadsel commune
Hadsel (Norway)
Hadsel
Hadsel
Basic data
Commune number : 1866
Province  (county) : North country
Administrative headquarters: Stokmarknes
Coordinates : 68 ° 32 '  N , 14 ° 50'  E Coordinates: 68 ° 32 '  N , 14 ° 50'  E
Surface: 566.55 km²
Residents: 8,061  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density : 14 inhabitants per km²
Language form : Bokmål
Website:
politics
Mayor : Kurt Eirik Jenssen  ( Sp ) (2019)
Location in the province of Nordland
Location of the municipality in the province of Nordland

Hadsel is a municipality in the Norwegian province of Nordland . Of the municipality's 566 km², 551 km² are land.

The municipality is made up of the four islands of Hadseløya , Hinnøya , Langøya and Austvågøya , which belong to the Vesterålen .

The administrative center of the municipality is the place Stokmarknes with about 3200 inhabitants (2007). Stokmarknes was promoted to town in 2000. The city is located on Hadseløya Island, which is home to around 70% of the municipality's total population.

Hadsel Church

coat of arms

The central part of the municipality's coat of arms are four circles. The islands of Hadseløya, Børøya and Langøya are connected by bridges.

Description : Four gold rings 2: 2 set in blue .

Home of the Hurtigrute

Stokmarknes is considered to be the founding place of the Hurtigrute : in 1881 the Vesterålen Steamship Company was founded here as the predecessor of today's Hurigruten Company by Richard With . The Hurtigruten ship Finnmarken , built in 1956 and now decommissioned, is located in the city right next to the Hurtigruten Museum .

Personalities

In Hadsel were born:

Web links

Commons : Hadsel  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning