Tjeldsund

Tjeldsund kommune
Tjeldsund kommune; Dielddanuorri
	Municipality
	View of Fjelldal in the summer
; Coat of arms	; Nordland within ; Norway
	; Tjeldsund within Nordland
	Coordinates: 68°29′04″N 16°17′33″E / 68.48444°N 16.29250°ECoordinates: 68°29′04″N 16°17′33″E / 68.48444°N 16.29250°E
Country	Norway
County	Nordland
District	Ofoten
Established	1909
Administrative centre	Hol i Tjeldsund
Government
• Mayor (2015)	Liv Kristin Johnsen (H)
Area
• Total	319.29 km2 (123.28 sq mi)
• Land	310.35 km2 (119.83 sq mi)
• Water	8.91 km2 (3.44 sq mi)
Area rank	#268 in Norway
Population (2017)
• Total	1,252
• Rank	#373 in Norway
• Density	4.0/km2 (10/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	-7.4%
Demonym(s)	Tjeldsunding[1]
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1852
Official language form	Bokmål
Website	tjeldsund.kommune.no
	Data from Statistics Norway

Tjeldsund (Northern Sami: Dielddanuorri) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Ofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hol i Tjeldsund. Other important villages include Fjelldal, Myklebostad, and Ramsund. Norges Brannskole (Norway's education and training center for firemen) is situated in Fjelldal in the northeastern part of the municipality. Marinejegerkommandoen is based south of Ramsund.

The 319-square-kilometre (123 sq mi) municipality is the 268th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Tjeldsund is the 373rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,252. The municipality's population density is 4 inhabitants per square kilometre (10/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 7.4% over the last decade.^[2]

General information

Sætertinden at the Tjeldsund-Harstad municipality border is the highest mountain on Hinnøya.

The municipality of Tjeldsund was established on 1 January 1909 when it was separated from the municipality of Lødingen. Tjeldsund encompassed the eastern part of Lødingen prior to the division. Initially, Tjeldsund had a population of 1,404.

On 1 January 1964, the western part of the island of Tjeldøya (population: 297) was transferred to Tjeldsund. On the same date the unpopulated Ramnes area of Evenes was also transferred to Tjeldsund.^[3]

Name

The municipality is named after the Tjeldsundet strait between the islands of Tjeldøya and Hinnøya. The first element is the (uncompounded) Old Norse name of Tjeldøya (Tjöld or Tjalda) and the last element is sund which means "strait" or "sound". The name of the island is probably derived from the word tjald which means "tent" or the similar word tjaldr which means "oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)".^[4]

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times; they were granted in 1990. The arms show a blue-colored Anthony's cross on a silver background. The Anthony's cross is a canting of the letter T for Tjeldsund.

Churches

The Church of Norway has one parish (sokn) within the municipality of Tjeldsund. It is part of the Ofoten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.

**Churches in Tjeldsund**
Parish (Sokn)	Church Name	Location of the Church	Year Built
Tjeldsund	Tjeldsund Church	Hol i Tjeldsund	1863
	Fjelldal Chapel	Fjelldal	1960
	Ramsund Chapel	Ramsund	1964

Geography

Aerial view over Tjeldsund and part of Ofotfjord in January. Tjeldsund is partly on the mainland, but also includes Tjeldøya (island).

Tjeldsund is located in Nordland county on the border with Troms county. Tjeldsund is mostly located on the island of Tjeldøya which is surrounded by the Ofotfjorden on the south, the Tjeldsundet strait to the west and north, and the Ramsundet strait to the east. The island is connected to the mainland by the Ramsund Bridge. The rest of the municipality is a small area on the mainland to the east of Tjeldøya and a small area on the island of Hinnøya to the north of Tjeldøya. The municipalities of Evenes (in Nordland) and Skånland (in Troms) lies to the east of Tjeldsund, Harstad and Kvæfjord (in Troms) lie to the north, Lødingen to the west, and Ballangen to the south.

View of the Tjeldsundet

Climate

Climate data for Hol i Tjeldsund
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Daily mean °C (°F)	−3.8 (25.2)	−3.5 (25.7)	−1.8 (28.8)	1.5 (34.7)	6.3 (43.3)	9.9 (49.8)	12.3 (54.1)	11.8 (53.2)	7.9 (46.2)	3.9 (39)	−0.2 (31.6)	−2.7 (27.1)	3.5 (38.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	101 (3.98)	91 (3.58)	74 (2.91)	61 (2.4)	49 (1.93)	54 (2.13)	76 (2.99)	81 (3.19)	100 (3.94)	141 (5.55)	102 (4.02)	115 (4.53)	1,045 (41.14)
Source: Norwegian Meteorological Institute^[5]

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Tjeldsund, 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 Tjeldsund is made up of 17 representatives that are elected to four year terms. Currently, the party breakdown is as follows:^[6]

*Tjeldsund Kommunestyre 2015–2019*
Party Name		Name in Norwegian	Number of representatives
	Labour Party	Arbeiderpartiet	5
	Progress Party	Fremskrittspartiet	2
	Conservative Party	Høyre	5
	Centre Party	Senterpartiet	2
	Local Lists	Lokale lister	3
Total number of members:			17

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 2017-09-20.
↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
↑ Store norske leksikon. "Tjeldsund" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2012-06-11.
↑ "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

Nordland travel guide from Wikivoyage
Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway (in Norwegian)

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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 2017-09-20.

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

[snl-4] Store norske leksikon. "Tjeldsund" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2012-06-11.

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

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