Sørfold
| Sørfold kommune | |||
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 Sørfold within Nordland |
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| Coordinates: 67°13′14″N 15°48′31″E / 67.22056°N 15.80861°ECoordinates: 67°13′14″N 15°48′31″E / 67.22056°N 15.80861°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Nordland | ||
| District | Salten | ||
| Administrative centre | Straumen | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2003) | Lars Evjenth (Ap) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 1,636.61 km2 (631.90 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 1,472.36 km2 (568.48 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 164.25 km2 (63.42 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 82 in Norway | ||
| Population (2012) | |||
| • Total | 2,003 | ||
| • Rank | 330 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 1.4/km2 (4/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -12.1 % | ||
| Demonym(s) | Sørfoldværing | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1845 | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Website | www |
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Sørfold is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Straumen. Other villages in the municipality include Leirfjordgården, Mørsvikbotn, Røsvika, Rørstad, Styrkesvik, and Øvre Kvarv. The municipality surrounds the Sørfolda fjord and stretches east to the border with Sweden.
The municipality of Sørfolden was established on 1 January 1887 when the old municipality of Folden was divided into Sørfolden and Nordfold-Kjerringøy. Initially, the population of Sørfolden was 1,946. The spelling was later changed to just Sørfold. On 1 January 1894, the Movik farm (population: 30) along the Sagfjorden was transferred from Nordfold-Kjerringøy to Sørfold.
On 1 January 1964, the Øyjord area (population: 81) was transferred to the neighboring municipality of Bodin. On the same date, the Mørsvikbotn area (population: 268) was transferred from Nordfold to Sørfold. On 1 January 1984, the Tårnvika and Øygården area (population: 22) along the Sørfolda fjord was transferred from Sørfold to Bodø.
The municipality is named after the Folda fjord (Old Norse: Fold). The inner part of the fjord is divided into two arms Nordfolda ("the northern Folda") and Sørfolda ("the southern Folda"). The meaning of the fjord name is unknown (maybe "the broad one").
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