Hadsel

Hadsel kommune
Hadsel kommune
	Municipality
	View of Stokmarknes during the winter
; Coat of arms	; Nordland within ; Norway
	; Hadsel within Nordland
	Coordinates: 68°32′06″N 14°49′30″E / 68.53500°N 14.82500°ECoordinates: 68°32′06″N 14°49′30″E / 68.53500°N 14.82500°E
Country	Norway
County	Nordland
District	Vesterålen
Established	1838
Administrative centre	Stokmarknes
Government
• Mayor (2015)	Siv Dagny Aasvik (Ap)
Area
• Total	566.56 km2 (218.75 sq mi)
• Land	551.13 km2 (212.79 sq mi)
• Water	15.43 km2 (5.96 sq mi)
Area rank	#191 in Norway
Population (2017)
• Total	8,009
• Rank	#136 in Norway
• Density	14.5/km2 (38/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	1.3%
Demonym(s)	Hadselværing[1]
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1866
Official language form	Bokmål
Website	hadsel.kommune.no
	Data from Statistics Norway

Hadsel (Northern Sami: Válafierda) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Vesterålen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Stokmarknes. Other villages in Hadsel include Fiskebøl, Gjerstad, Grønning, Grytting, Hanøyvika, Hennes, Kaljord, Melbu, Sanden, and Sandnes.

Taen, Hadseløya.

Road 885 in Hadsel

Hadsel Church

The municipality is the southernmost municipality in the Vesterålen region. It is spread over four islands: Hadseløya, Hinnøya, Langøya, and Austvågøya. About 70% of the population live on Hadseløya island. Hadseløya island is connected to Langøya by the Hadsel Bridge and Børøy Bridge. Also, the Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen, is located nearby. It is the busiest small aircraft airport in Norway, serving 100,000 passengers annually (1997).

The 567-square-kilometre (219 sq mi) municipality is the 191st largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Hadsel is the 136th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 8,009. The municipality's population density is 14.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (38/sq mi) and its population has increased by 1.3% over the last decade.^[2]

The municipality of Sortland lies to the north, Bø to the west, Vågan to the south, and Lødingen to the east.

History

Hadsel was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The northern district of Hadsel was separated in 1841 to form the new municipality of Sortland. On 1 January 1963, the Indre Eidsfjord district of Hadsel (population: 1,360) was transferred to Sortland municipality.^[3]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Hadsel farm (Old Norse: Hǫfðasegl), since the first church (Hadsel Church) was built there. The first element is the genitive case of hǫfði which means "high and steep cliff" and the last element is segl which means "sail". (A cliff near the farm has been compared in form to a sail.)^[4]

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 11 March 1976. The arms show four golden rings on a blue background. This design represents the four islands of that make up Hadsel: Hadseløya, Austvågøya, Hinnøya, and Langøya.^[5]

Churches

The Church of Norway has three parishes (sokn) within the municipality of Hadsel. It is part of the Vesterålen prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.

**Churches in Hadsel**
Parish (Sokn)	Church Name	Location of the Church	Year Built
Hadsel	Hadsel Church	Hadseløya	1824
Hadsel	Innlandet Church	Hennes	1992
Melbu	Melbu Church	Melbu	1938
Melbu	Sand Church	Sanden	1914
Ytre Eidsfjord	Grønning Church	Grønning	1968

Geography

The municipality is located upon four islands in the Vesterålen archipelago: Hinnøya, Langøya, Hadseløya, and Austvågøya. The mountain Higravstinden on the border with Vågan is one of the tallest mountains in the region.

Climate

Climate data for Melbu, Hadsel
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Daily mean °C (°F)	−1.4 (29.5)	−1.5 (29.3)	−0.6 (30.9)	1.9 (35.4)	6.3 (43.3)	9.7 (49.5)	12.1 (53.8)	12.0 (53.6)	8.6 (47.5)	5.0 (41)	1.6 (34.9)	−0.6 (30.9)	4.4 (39.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	110 (4.33)	95 (3.74)	83 (3.27)	69 (2.72)	49 (1.93)	50 (1.97)	65 (2.56)	68 (2.68)	107 (4.21)	155 (6.1)	123 (4.84)	126 (4.96)	1,100 (43.31)
Source: Norwegian Meteorological Institute^[6]

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Hadsel, are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elect a mayor.

Municipal council

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Hadsel is made up of 25 representatives that are elected to four year terms. Currently, the party breakdown is as follows:^[7]

*Hadsel Kommunestyre 2015–2019*
Party Name		Name in Norwegian	Number of representatives
	Labour Party	Arbeiderpartiet	11
	Progress Party	Fremskrittspartiet	5
	Conservative Party	Høyre	2
	Red Party	Rødt	1
	Centre Party	Senterpartiet	3
	Socialist Left Party	Sosialistisk Venstreparti	1
	Liberal Party	Venstre	1
	Local Lists	Lokale lister	1
Total number of members:			25

References

↑ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2017). "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2017-09-09.
↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
↑ Rygh, Oluf (1905). Norske gaardnavne: Nordlands amt (in Norwegian) (16 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 363.
↑ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 2008-11-20.
↑ "eKlima Web Portal". Norwegian Meteorological Institute. Archived from the original on 2004-06-14.
↑ "Table: 04813: Members of the local councils, by party/electoral list at the Municipal Council election (M)" (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. 2015.

External links

Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway (in Norwegian)

Nordland travel guide from Wikivoyage
Pictures from Hadsel

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[1] "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. Retrieved 2015-12-01.

[ssb_pop-2] Statistisk sentralbyrå (2017). "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2017-09-09.

[3] Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.

[4] Rygh, Oluf (1905). Norske gaardnavne: Nordlands amt (in Norwegian) (16 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 363.

[5] Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 2008-11-20.

[6] "eKlima Web Portal". Norwegian Meteorological Institute. Archived from the original on 2004-06-14.

[7] "Table: 04813: Members of the local councils, by party/electoral list at the Municipal Council election (M)" (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. 2015.