Ibestad
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Ibestad kommune Ivvárstáđiid suohkan |
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 Ibestad within Troms |
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| Coordinates: 68°49′46″N 17°14′45″E / 68.82944°N 17.24583°ECoordinates: 68°49′46″N 17°14′45″E / 68.82944°N 17.24583°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Troms | ||
| District | Hålogaland | ||
| Administrative centre | Hamnvik | ||
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| • Mayor (2011) | Dag Brustind (H) | ||
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| • Total | 241.27 km2 (93.15 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 234.37 km2 (90.49 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 6.90 km2 (2.66 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 310 in Norway | ||
| Population (2012) | |||
| • Total | 1,410 | ||
| • Rank | 357 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 6.0/km2 (16/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -17.8 % | ||
| Demonym(s) | Ibestadværing | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1917 | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Website | www |
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Ibestad (Northern Sami: Ivvárstádik) is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Central Hålogaland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hamnvik. Some of the other larger villages in Ibestad include Engenes, Laupstad, Rollnes, Sørrollnes, Sørvika, and Å.
The municipality of Ibestad was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Initially, Ibestad municipality covered a large area from the Vågsfjorden to the border with Sweden (the old Astafjord church parish). In 1854, the rural eastern half of the municipality (population: 757) was separated from Ibestad to form the new municipality of Bardu. This left Ibestad with 4,741 residents.
Then, on 1 January 1871, the northeastern part of the municipality (population: 1,384) was separated from Ibestad to form the new municipality of Salangen. This left Ibestad with 4,301 inhabitants. On 1 January 1907, the easternmost area of Ibestad (population: 1,536) became the separate municipality of Lavangen. Ibestad had 5,709 residents remaining after the split.
In 1926, the municipality of Ibestad was divided into 4 separate municipalities: Andørja, Astafjord, Gratangen, and (a much smaller) Ibestad. The new municipality of Ibestad had 1,768 inhabitants. On 1 January 1964, a merger took place between the municipalities of Andørja and Ibestad, along with the part of Skånland located on the island of Rolla, creating a new municipality of Ibestad with 3,294 residents.
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