Lurøy

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coat of arms map
Coat of arms of the municipality of Lurøy
Lurøy (Norway)
Lurøy
Lurøy
Basic data
Commune number : 1834
Province  (county) : North country
Administrative headquarters: Lurøy
Coordinates : 66 ° 25 ′  N , 12 ° 50 ′  E Coordinates: 66 ° 25 ′  N , 12 ° 50 ′  E
Surface: 265.19 km²
Residents: 1,890  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density : 7 inhabitants per km²
Language form : Bokmål
Website:
politics
Mayor : Håkon Lund  ( H ) (2019)
Location in the province of Nordland
Location of the municipality in the province of Nordland

Lurøy is a municipality in the Norwegian province of Nordland . The center of the municipality is the place of the same name Lurøy.

The municipality is located just south of the Arctic Circle on the western side of the Saltfjell mountain . There are a total of 1372 small and large islands in the municipality. The total area of ​​the municipality is 1300 km², of which only 265 km² is land area, the rest is sea area. 60% of the population live on islands and around 40% on the mainland. The number of residents is steadily decreasing. Between 1994 and 2004, the number of inhabitants decreased by 8.5%.

Personalities

  • Helge Norseth (* 1923), Norwegian resistance activist and concentration camp survivor

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning