| Nesna kommune | |||
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| — Municipality — | |||
| Nesna peninsula (front), Tomma (middle), Handnesøya (right), Hugla (left) | |||
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| Nesna within Nordland | |||
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| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Nordland | ||
| District | Helgeland | ||
| Administrative centre | Nesna | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Marit Bye (H) (2011-) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 202 km2 (78 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 181 km2 (69.9 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 342 in Norway | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| • Total | 1,822 | ||
| • Rank | 346 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 10/km2 (25.9/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | 2.2 % | ||
| Demonym | Nesnaværing[1] | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1828 | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Website | www.nesna.kommune.no | ||
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Nesna is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Nesna.
Nesna was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The new municipality of Dønna was separated from Nesna on 1 July 1888. The municipality consists of three islands (Tomma, Hugla (known as "Hugløy" by its inhabitants), and Handnesøya) and one peninsula that bears the name of the municipality.
The Coastal Express arrives two times a day, the northbound arrives 05:30 and the southbound 11:15. Nesna peninsula is also home to Nordland's education center Nesna University College, and there is also a high school, KVN High School.
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The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Nesna farm (Old Norse: Nesnar), since the first church was built there.[2] The name is derived from the word nes which means "headland".
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 23 June 1989. The arms are a canting of the name of the municipality because they show a "headland" or peninsula surrounded by water. (Norwegian: nes).
Singer songwriter Ida Maria was born and lives here.
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