Tjøtta
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Tjøtta is an island, village and former municipality in Nordland county, Norway.
The village Tjøtta is located on the southern tip of the island of the same name, which is located south of Alsten.
The municipality was created in 1862 by a split from Alstahaug. At that time Tjøtta had a population of 2,781. On 1 July 1917 Vevelstad was split from Tjøtta to constitute a municipality of its own, leaving Tjøtta with 2,287 inhabitants. On 1 July 1920 the farm Giskåen with 10 inhabitants was moved to Vevelstad.
On 1 January 1964 the district on the eastern part of Alsten, with a population of 180, was incorporated into Leirfjord municipality. On 1 January 1965 the district Skogsholmen with 196 inhabitants was incorporated into Vega whereas the rest of Tjøtta, with 1,477 inhabitants, was reunited with Alstahaug.
[edit] References
- Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen". (Norwegian)
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