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Andøy Municipality

municipality in Nordland, Norway
Administrative Area Municipality of Norway Q113710

Facts

27 properties

Identity

Instance of
municipality of Norway, organization[5]
Official website
www.andoy.kommune.no[20]
Legal form
kommune[34]

Status and dates

Inception
1964[15]
Replaces
Bjørnskinn municipality, Dverberg municipality, Andenes municipality[31][32][33]

Location

Country
Norway[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 69.321°, 16.120°, 🗺️ 69.079°, 15.788°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Nordland[2]

Industry and activity

Industry
general public administration activities[13]

Financials

Employees
+988[29]

Relations

Has part(s)
Bleiksvatnet[14]
More facts +16
Area
5.95 (0–2.8k, n=26)
Capital
Andenes[6]
Demonym
andværing, andværing[41]
Has list
Grunnkretser i Andøy kommune
Head of government
Jonni Solsvik, Knut Nordmo[4]
Highest point
Skardtindan[16]
Language used
Bokmål, Nynorsk
Located in/on physical feature
Andøya, Hinnøya[17][18]
Main regulatory text
Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[12]
Number of households
76 (16–2.3k, n=6)[35][36][37][38][39][40]
Office held by the head of government
Mayor of Andøy[30]
Official language
Bokmål[7]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Govdirectory
Population
4.5k (4.5k–5.0k, n=8)[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]
Shares border with
Sortland Municipality, Øksnes, Torsken, Tranøy Municipality, Harstad Municipality, Senja Municipality[8][9][10][11]
Significant event
creation[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Andøy Kommune en Andøy Municipality de Andoy de Andöy de Andøy fa آندوی fi Andöy id Andoey id Andoy it Andoy ja アンドイ ja アン島 pl Andoy pt Andoy ro Andoy ro Andřy ro Comuna Andøy ru Андёй ru Аннёй sv Andöy
🔖 Identifiers · 19
ISNI
0000000417992114
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Andenes, Norway 2006.jpg ↗
Data Commons ID
wikidataId/Q113710
Freebase ID
/m/018btc
GNS Unique Feature ID
12029199
GeoNames ID
6453318
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Andøy
INaturalist place ID
40200
KulturNav-ID
e161c3f9-1ed4-4015-a342-5895388c6793
Lex ID
Andøy
Lokalhistoriewiki.no article ID
Andøy_kommune
MusicBrainz area ID
41103664-8c2e-4830-a89b-64a0d3304e4a
Show all 19 identifiers +7
Norwegian municipality number
1871
Norwegian organisation number
945624809
OpenStreetMap relation ID
408160
SSR place name number
26479
Topic's main category
Category:Andøy Municipality
Who's on First ID
1159297539
Ávvir topic ID
anddasuolu

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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 27
Hinnøya, Andøya, Andenes, Andøya Space, Andøya Airport, Bleik, Risøyhamn, Åse +19 more
Shares border with 6
Harstad Municipality, Sortland Municipality, Øksnes, Tranøy Municipality, Torsken, Senja Municipality
← Shares border with 6
Harstad Municipality, Sortland Municipality, Øksnes, Tranøy Municipality, Torsken, Senja Municipality
Language used 2
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Located in/on physical feature 2
Hinnøya, Andøya
People born here 2
Helmer Hanssen, Magnus Andersen
Capital 1
Andenes
Country 1
Norway
Has part(s) 1
Bleiksvatnet
Instance of 1
municipality of Norway
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Nordland
Located in time zone 1
UTC+01:00
Named after 1
Andøya Airport
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
WikiProject Govdirectory
Significant event 1
creation
Topic's main category 1
Category:Andøy Municipality
← Capital of 1
Andenes
← Category combines topics 1
Category:People from Andøy
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Andøy Municipality
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Nordland
← FactGrid item ID 1
Esbly
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Summary

Andøy Municipality is a municipality of Norway[1].

Body

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Andøy Municipality include Andøya Airport[42], an airport[43], in Norway[44].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include Andøya Airport[42], an airport[43], in Norway[44].

Related Entities

Norway WikiProject Govdirectory

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . andoy.kommune.no. andoy.kommune.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  37. [38] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  38. [39] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  39. [40] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  40. [41] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . sprakradet.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19d ago · Ajarmund · 2026-10-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Legal form → kommune
    Norwegian organisation number → 945624809
    Official language → Bokmål
    Employees → 988
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "kommuner (details)"
  2. 28d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Highest point → Skardtindan
    "source for demonym, source for administrative centre, highest point from Store norske leksikon (…"
  3. 13w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Language used → Bokmål, Nynorsk
    Capital → Andenes
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Nordland
    Official website → http://www.andoy.kommune.no/
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46950: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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