Ankenes

Ankenes herred
Former municipality
View of the old Ankenes Herredshus (municipal government building)

Nordland within
Norway

Ankenes within Nordland
Coordinates: 68°25′16″N 17°22′11″E / 68.42111°N 17.36972°E / 68.42111; 17.36972Coordinates: 68°25′16″N 17°22′11″E / 68.42111°N 17.36972°E / 68.42111; 17.36972
Country Norway
County Nordland
District Ofoten
Established 1 Jan 1884
Disestablished 1 Jan 1974
Administrative centre Ankenesstranda
Area
 • Total 2,028 km2 (783 sq mi)
  *Area at municipal dissolution.
Population (1974)
 • Total 7,022
 • Density 3.5/km2 (9.0/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Ankenesværing[1]
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code NO-1855
Preceded by Ofoten in 1884
Succeeded by Narvik in 1974
Data from Statistics Norway

Ankenes is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The 2,028-square-kilometre (783 sq mi) municipality existed from 1884 until 1974. It encompassed most of the present-day Narvik Municipality, surrounding of the town of Narvik which was once its own municipality. The administrative centre of Ankenes was the village of Ankenesstrand, situated along the west side of the Beisfjorden, where the Ankenes Church is located.[2][3]

Today, the name Ankenes is often used to refer to the suburban Ankenesstrand area, just outside the town of Narvik. The European route E6 highway is the main thoroughfare through Ankenes and it follows the shoreline of the Ofotfjorden and Beisfjorden and it then crosses the fjord over the 375-metre (1,230 ft) long Beisfjord Bridge where it then reaches the town of Narvik.

History

The old municipality of Ofoten was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Ofoten Municipality included all of the land surrounding the inner part of the Ofotfjorden, including the Ankenes area. On 1 January 1884, Ofoten Municipality was dissolved and split into two municipalities: Ankenes (population: 1,734) and Evindnæs (population: 2,397). In 1901, the Narvik (population: 3,705) received town status as a kjøpstad. Soon after, on 1 January 1902, the new town of Narvik was separated from Ankenes to form a separate municipality. The split left Ankenes with a population of 3,023. On 1 January 1974, the municipality of Ankenes was merged with the town of Narvik to form a new, larger Narvik Municipality. Prior to the merger, Ankenes had 7,022 inhabitants and Narvik had 12,758.[4]

Notable residents

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  2. ↑ Helland, Amund (1908). "Ankenes herred". Norges land og folk: Nordlands amt (in Norwegian). XVIII. Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 434. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
  3. ↑ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2016-07-06). "Ankenes". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
  4. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
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