Hadsel
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| County | Nordland | |
| District | Vesterålen | |
| Municipality | NO-1866 | |
| Administrative centre | Stokmarknes | |
| Mayor (2003) | Reidar Johnsen (Sp) | |
| Official language form | Bokmål | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage |
Ranked 188 566 km² 551 km² 0.17 % |
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| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density |
Ranked 126 8,039 0.18 % -7.8 % 15/km² |
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| www.hadsel.kommune.no |
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Hadsel is a municipality in the county of Nordland, Norway. It is the southernmost municipality in the Vesterålen region.
The municipality is spread over four islands, Hadseløya, Hinnøya, Langøya (lit. The Long Island) and Austvågøy. About 70% of the population live on Hadseløya island. Hadseløya island is connected to Langøya with a bridge. (See Hadsel Bridge.) There's also a small airport, Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen, which is the busiest small aircraft airport in Norway, serving 100,000 passengers annually (1997).
The administrative centre of Hadsel is Stokmarknes, one of two towns on Hadseløya island, the other being Melbu.
[edit] The name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Hadsel (Norse Höfðasegl), since the first church was built there. The first element is the genitive case of höfði m 'high and steep cliff', the last element is segl n 'sail'. (A cliff near the farm have been compared in form with a sail.)
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1976). It shows four golden rings (to represent the four islands of Hadseløya, Austvågøya, Hinnøya and Langøya).
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