- Lødingen
Infobox_Kommune
name=Lødingen
idnumber=1851
county=Nordland
landscape=Hålogaland
capital=Lødingen
governor=Vibeke Tveit (V)
governor_as_of=2007
arearank=202
area=524
arealand=505
areapercent=0.16
population_as_of=2004
populationrank=312
population=2,386
populationpercent=0.05
populationdensity=5
populationincrease=-11.8
language=Bokmål
lat_deg=68| lat_min=24| lat_sec=15| lon_deg=15| lon_min=34| lon_sec=17
utm_zone=33W| utm_northing=7588049 |utm_easting=0523472| geo_cat=adm2ndmunwebpage=www.lodingen.kommune.no
Lødingen is a municipality in the county of
Nordland , Norway.Lødingen was established as a municipality
January 1 ,1838 (seeformannskapsdistrikt ). Two other municipalities were later separated from it:Tysfjord (1869) andTjeldsund (1909). The area ofEfjorden was transferred toBallangen January 1 ,1962 .The name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Lødingen (Norse "Lödueng"), since the first church was built there. The first element is the genitive case of "laða" f 'grain/hay barn', the last element is "eng" f 'meadow'. boy
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1984). The figure represents Lødingen as a meeting point, in Midtre
Hålogaland , between five districts:Lofoten ,Ofoten ,Salten ,Vesterålen and SørTroms ; and between five fjords:Vestfjord ,Ofotfjord ,Tysfjord ,Tjeldsundet andGullesfjord .Geography
The municipality encompasses the southern part of
Hinnøya . The terrain is mountainous, with several small islands and fjords. The centre of the municipality is the village Lødingen, located at the inner part ofVestfjord at the southern entrance ofTjeldsundet . The nearest airport isHarstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes , 90 km away by road. Lødingen is an important ferry harbor, the car ferry to/fromBognes inTysfjord leaves 12 times/day and takes 60 min.2007 Local Election
The 2007 Local Election was won by
Fremskrittspartiet FRP, but because Venstre V, Sosialistisk Ventreparti SV and Arbeidepartiet AP went together and Arbeiderpartiet's Vibeke Tveit became the new Mayor.Some points of interest
* Eye in Stone ("Øye i stein"), part of
Artscape Nordland ("Skulpturlandskap Nordland")
* Norwegian Telecom Museum,telegraphy
*Pilotage Service MuseumExternal links
* [http://www.skulpturlandskap.no/Skulpturlandskap/kunstverk.html Skulpturlandskap Nordland]
* [http://www.norsktele.museum.no/ Norwegian Telecom Museum]
* [http://www.ssb.no/kommuner/hoyre_side.cgi?region=1851 Lødingen in numbers]Nordland boy
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