Øksnes
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 Øksnes within Nordland |
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| Coordinates: 68°53′18″N 15°11′0″E / 68.88833°N 15.18333°ECoordinates: 68°53′18″N 15°11′0″E / 68.88833°N 15.18333°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Nordland | ||
| District | Vesterålen | ||
| Administrative centre | Myre | ||
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| • Mayor (2011) | Jørn Martinussen (H) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 319.12 km2 (123.21 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 310.15 km2 (119.75 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 8.97 km2 (3.46 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 266 in Norway | ||
| Population (2012) | |||
| • Total | 4,467 | ||
| • Rank | 208 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 14.4/km2 (37/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -4.7 % | ||
| Demonym(s) | Øksnesværing | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1868 | ||
| Official language form | Neutral | ||
| Website | www |
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Øksnes is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the northwestern part of the large island of Langøya, which is a part of the traditional region of Vesterålen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Myre. Other villages in Øksnes include Alsvåg, Barkestad, Breidstrand, Nyksund, Strengelvåg, and Stø.
The municipality of Øksnes was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 January 1866, a small area of southern Øksnes (population: 40) was transferred to Bø. On 1 July 1919, the northeastern part of Øksnes along the Gavlfjorden (population: 1,085) was separated to form the new municipality of Langenes. This left Øksnes with 2,296 residents.
On 1 January 1964, the Krakberget area and the part of Øksnes on the peninsula north of Krakberget (population: 271) was transferred to Bø. On the same date the municipality of Langenes was merged with Øksnes. Prior to the merger, Øksnes had 3,112 residents and Langenes had 2,037 residents.
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Øksnes farm (Old Norse: Yxnes), since the first church (Øksnes Church) was built there. The first element is probably an old name of Skogsøya island (Old Norse: Yxn) and the last element is nes which means "headland". The old name of the island is identical with the word yxn (plural form of uxi which means "ox"). The mountains of the island have maybe been compared with a group of oxen.
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