Nesna

Nesna kommune
—  Municipality  —
Nesna peninsula (front), Tomma (middle), Handnesøya (right), Hugla (left)
Coat of arms Nordland within Norway
Nesna within Nordland
Coordinates: 66°15′28″N 13°2′6″E / 66.25778°N 13.035°E / 66.25778; 13.035Coordinates: 66°15′28″N 13°2′6″E / 66.25778°N 13.035°E / 66.25778; 13.035
Country	Norway
County	Nordland
District	Helgeland
Administrative centre	Nesna
Government
- Mayor	Marit Bye (H) (2011-)
Area
- Total	202 km2 (78 sq mi)
- Land	181 km2 (69.9 sq mi)
Area rank	342 in Norway
Population (2004)
- Total	1,822
- Rank	346 in Norway
- Density	10/km2 (25.9/sq mi)
- Change (10 years)	2.2 %
Demonym	Nesnaværing[1]
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1828
Official language form	Bokmål
Website	nesna.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Nesna is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Nesna.

Map of Nesna municipality

Nesna was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The new municipality of Dønna was separated from Nesna on 1 July 1888. The municipality consists of three islands (Tomma, Hugla (known as "Hugløy" by its inhabitants), and Handnesøya) and one peninsula that bears the name of the municipality.

The Coastal Express arrives two times a day, the northbound arrives 05:30 and the southbound 11:15. Nesna peninsula is also home to Nordland's education center Nesna University College, and there is also a high school, KVN High School.

General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Nesna farm (Old Norse: Nesnar), since the first church was built there.^[2] The name is derived from the word nes which means "headland".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 23 June 1989. The arms are a canting of the name of the municipality because they show a "headland" or peninsula surrounded by water. (Norwegian: nes).

People

Singer songwriter Ida Maria was born and lives here.

References

1. ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/nb-no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskrivning_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn/. 
2. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1905). Norske gaardnavne: Nordlands amt (16 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 113. http://books.google.com/books?id=K21BAAAAIAAJ.  (Norwegian)

External links

• Media related to Nesna at Wikimedia Commons
• Official site of Nesna Municipality
• Hammerø nature reserve
• Dillern-Ørnes nature reserve at Handnesøya
• Husbymarka nature reserve at Tomma