Nordvik

Nordvik Municipality
Nordvik herred
View of the Nordvik area
View of the Nordvik area
Nordland within Norway
Nordland within Norway
Nordvik within Nordland
Nordvik within Nordland
Coordinates: 66°07′19″N 12°30′32″E / 66.12194°N 12.50889°E / 66.12194; 12.50889
CountryNorway
CountyNordland
DistrictHelgeland
Established1 July 1917
 • Preceded byHerøy Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1962
 • Succeeded byDønna Municipality
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total86 km2 (33 sq mi)
Population
 (1962)
 • Total1,293
 • Density15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1819[1]

Nordvik is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The 86-square-kilometre (33 sq mi) municipality existed from 1917 until its dissolution in 1962. The island municipality encompassed the central part of the island of Dønna as well as the smaller surrounding islands of Vandve, Slapøya, Havstein, and many others in what is now the southern part of Dønna Municipality.[2] The municipality had 2 churches: Nordvik Church in the north and Hæstad Church in the south.

  1. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  2. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (24 March 2016). "Nordvik – Nordland". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 22 September 2018.

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