Øksnes

Øksnes
Øksnes kommune
—  Municipality  —

Coat of arms

Nordland within
Norway
Øksnes within Nordland
Coordinates: 68°53′18″N 15°11′0″E / 68.88833°N 15.183333°E / 68.88833; 15.183333Coordinates: 68°53′18″N 15°11′0″E / 68.88833°N 15.183333°E / 68.88833; 15.183333
Country Norway
County Nordland
District Vesterålen
Administrative centre Myre
Government
 – Mayor (2003) John H. Danielsen (Ap)
Area
 – Total 319 km2 (123.2 sq mi)
 – Land 310 km2 (119.7 sq mi)
Area rank 266 in Norway
Population (2004)
 – Total 4,633
 – Rank 208 in Norway
 – Density 15/km2 (38.8/sq mi)
 – Change (10 years) -2.7 %
Demonym Øksnesværing[1]
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 – Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code NO-1868
Official language form Neutral
Website www.oksnes.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Øksnes is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the island of Langøya, part of the Vesterålen traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Myre.

Auenfjorden, Øksnes
Part of the road to Nyksund.

Øksnes was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The new municipality of Langenes was separated from Øksnes on 1 July 1919, but it was merged back into the municipality of Øksnes on 1 January 1964.

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General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Øksnes farm (Old Norse: Yxnes), since the first church was built there. The first element is probably an old name of Skogsøya island (Old Norse: Yxn) and the last element is nes which means "headland". The old name of the island is identical with the word yxn (plural form of uxi which means "ox"). The mountains of the island have maybe been compared with a group of oxen.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 22 August 1986. The arms show two black fishing hooks on a gold background, appropriate symbols for a municipality which is dependent on fishing and sailing.[2]

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