Bodø

Bodø kommune

From upper left: Bodø harbour, MF "Landegode" at Bodø harbour, Office buildings at Bodø harbour, Lille Hjartøy by Bodø harbor, MS "Tege" at Bodø harbour, Sandhornet from the town of Bodø

Coat of arms

Nordland within
Norway

Bodø within Nordland

Coordinates: 67°16′48″N 14°24′0″E / 67.28000°N 14.40000°ECoordinates: 67°16′48″N 14°24′0″E / 67.28000°N 14.40000°E

Country

Administrative centre

Bodø

Government

• Mayor (2015)

Ida Maria Pinnerød (Ap)

Area

• Total

1,391.96 km² (537.44 sq mi)

• Land

1,308.57 km² (505.24 sq mi)

• Water

83.39 km² (32.20 sq mi)

Area rank

62 in Norway

Population (2015)

• Total

50,000

• Rank

12 in Norway

• Density

36.6/km² (95/sq mi)

• Change (10 years)

15.2 %

Demonym(s)

Bodøværing

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

ISO 3166 code

NO-1804

Official language form

Neutral

Website

www.bodo.kommune.no

Data from Statistics Norway

Bodø (pronounced [ˈbuːˈdøː] (listen)Lule Sami: Bådåddjo) is a town and a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Salten and it is the capital of Nordland county. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Bodø. Other villages in Bodø include Misvær, Skjerstad, Saltstraumen, Løding, Løpsmarka, Kjerringøy, Sørvær, and Fenes.

Bodø, located just north of the Arctic Circle, is the largest urban area and city in Nordland county, and the second-largest in North Norway.

The village of Bodø was granted township status in 1816 and soon after, in 1818, it was known for the Bodø affair, smuggling by British merchants that later were compensated by Norway. The town of Bodø was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 January 1938, a part of the municipality of Bodin (population: 559) was transferred into the town of Bodø. On 1 January 1959, another part of Bodin (population: 1,303) was transferred into Bodø.

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