Nordfold
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Nordfold is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The administrative centre was the village Nordfold.
It was created when Nordfold-Kjerringøy was split into Nordfold and Kjerringøy on 1 January 1906. At that time Nordfold had a population of 1,485.
On 1 January 1964 Nordfold was incorporated into its neighboring municipality Steigen. At the same time most of the Mørsvikbotn district was moved from Nordfold to Sørfold. Prior to the merger Nordfold had a population of 1.212.
[edit] References
- Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen".
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