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Velfjord Municipality
Velfjord herred Velfjorden herred (historic) | |
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 View of the Sørfjorden arm of the Velfjorden | |
 Nordland within Norway | |
 Velfjord within Nordland | |
| Coordinates: 65°24′17″N 12°31′19″E / 65.40472°N 12.52194°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Nordland |
| District | Helgeland |
| Established | 1 Oct 1875 |
| • Preceded by | Brønnøy Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Brønnøy Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Hommelstø |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 600 km2 (200 sq mi) |
| Population (1964) | |
| • Total | 1,380 |
| • Density | 2.3/km2 (6.0/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Velfjording[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1813[2] |
Velfjord is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The 600-square-kilometre (230 sq mi) municipality existed from 1875 until its dissolution in 1964. Velfjord municipality was centered around the Velfjorden in what is now Brønnøy Municipality. Most of the municipality is located on the mainland, but it also includes nearly 100 small islands, islet, and skjerries. The administrative centre was the village of Hommelstø at the innermost part of the fjord. Velfjord Church lies just west of Hommelstø.[3][4]
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2 May 2016). "Velfjord – tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ^ Helland, Amund (1908). "Velfjorden herred". Norges land og folk: Nordlands amt (in Norwegian). Vol. XVIII. Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 153. Retrieved 22 September 2018.