Stad, Norway
Municipality in Vestland, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Stad is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The municipality includes much of the northern shore of the Nordfjorden as well as the Stad peninsula.[4] The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Nordfjordeid. Other villages in the municipality include Selje, Barmen, Ervik, Flatraket, Hoddevik, Hoddevika, Håvik, Leikanger, Mogrenda, Stårheim, Haugen, Kjølsdalen, Heggjabygda, and Lote.
Stad Municipality
Stad kommune | |
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Coordinates: 61.91139°N 6.03722°E / 61.91139; 6.03722 | |
Country | Norway |
County | Vestland |
District | Nordfjord |
Established | 1 Jan 2020 |
• Preceded by | Selje, Eid, Vågsøy |
Administrative centre | Nordfjordeid |
Government | |
• Mayor (2023) | Sigurd Reksnes (Sp) |
Area | |
• Total | 752.77 km2 (290.65 sq mi) |
• Land | 694.53 km2 (268.16 sq mi) |
• Water | 58.25 km2 (22.49 sq mi) 7.7% |
• Rank | #152 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 9,543 |
• Rank | #119 in Norway |
• Density | 13.7/km2 (35/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | +9.6% |
Demonym | Stadværing[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-4649[3] |
Website | Official website |
The 753-square-kilometre (291 sq mi) municipality is the 152nd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Stad is the 119th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 9,543. The municipality's population density is 13.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (35/sq mi) and its population has increased by 9.6% over the previous 10-year period.[5][6]
The Stad Ship Tunnel is a planned canal and tunnel to bypass the Stad peninsula in Stad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. When built it will be the first full-size ship tunnel in the world and will allow boats to avoid traveling around the Stad peninsula—a particularly dangerous sea route.