Dverberg Municipality
Dverberg Municipality
Dverberg herred | |
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Nordland within Norway | |
Dverberg within Nordland | |
| Coordinates: 69°06′23″N 15°57′50″E / 69.1064°N 15.9640°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Nordland |
| District | Vesterålen |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Andøy Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Dverberg |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 278.8 km2 (107.6 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #296 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 620.2 m (2,034.8 ft) |
| Population (1963) | |
• Total | 1,681 |
| • Rank | #500 in Norway |
| • Density | 6/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +0.4% |
| Demonym | Dverberg-folk |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1872 |
Dverberg is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The administrative centre was the village of Dverberg where Dverberg Church is located. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality encompassed the central areas on the island of Andøya in what is now Andøy Municipality. Starting out at about 616 square kilometres (238 sq mi) in 1838, it was reduced in size in 1924. Upon its dissolution in 1964, the municipality was only 279 square kilometres (108 sq mi).
Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the 279-square-kilometre (108 sq mi) municipality was the 296th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Dverberg Municipality was the 500th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,681. The municipality's population density was 6 inhabitants per square kilometre (16/sq mi) and its population had increased by 0.4% over the previous 10-year period.