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Øksnes

municipality in Nordland, Norway
Administrative Area Municipality of Norway Q308134

Facts

24 properties

Identity

Instance of
municipality of Norway, organization[4]
Official website
www.oksnes.kommune.no[16]
Legal form
kommune[27]

Status and dates

Inception
1837[12]

Location

Country
Norway[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 68.888°, 15.183°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Nordland[1]

Industry and activity

Industry
general public administration activities[11]

Financials

Employees
+896[25]
More facts +15
Area
0.3 (0–1.8k, n=26)[34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47]
Capital
Myre[5]
Has list
Grunnkretser i Øksnes kommune
Head of government
Jørn Martinussen, Karianne Bråthen, John H. Danielsen[3]
Highest point
Snøkolla[13]
Language used
Bokmål, Nynorsk
Located in/on physical feature
Langøya[14]
Main regulatory text
Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[10]
Number of households
54 (30–2.1k, n=6)[28][29][30][31][32][33]
Office held by the head of government
mayor of Øksnes[26]
Official language
Bokmål[6]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Govdirectory
Population
4.6k (4.4k–4.6k, n=8)[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
Shares border with
Sortland Municipality, Bø Municipality, Andøy Municipality[7][8][9]
Significant event
boundary change, boundary change, boundary change, boundary change[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Oksnes en Øksnes da Øksnes Kommune de Oksnes de Öksnes fi Öksnes fr Oksnes id Oeksnes id Oksnes it Oksnes it Stø ja オクスネス nl Oksnes pl Oeksnes pl Oksnes pt Oksnes ro Comuna Øksnes ru Экснес sv Öksnes kommun sv Øksnes kommun
🔖 Identifiers · 22
ROR ID
0023n0d81
GRID ID
grid.458720.c
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Night in Øksnes.jpg ↗
Data Commons ID
wikidataId/Q308134
Freebase ID
/m/018bs8
GNS Unique Feature ID
-273333
GeoNames ID
3143705
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
oksnes
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0474930
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Øksnes
INaturalist place ID
40225
KulturNav-ID
9f3a83c1-3402-4394-8195-dcd5086dfb88
Show all 22 identifiers +10
Lokalhistoriewiki.no article ID
Øksnes_kommune
MusicBrainz area ID
27696168-696a-4fdb-ae56-693bfc63df69
NE.se ID
oksnes
Norwegian municipality number
1868
Norwegian organisation number
845152012
OpenStreetMap relation ID
408483
SSR place name number
389710
Scilit organization ID
49358
Topic's main category
Category:Øksnes
Who's on First ID
1159296769
📚 Sources · 1
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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 22
Vesterålen, Langøya, Myre, Alsvåg, Nyksund, Anda, Dyrøya, Skogsøya +14 more
Shares border with 3
Andøy Municipality, Sortland Municipality, Bø Municipality
← Shares border with 3
Andøy Municipality, Sortland Municipality, Bø Municipality
Language used 2
Nynorsk, Bokmål
People born here 2
Tord Lien, Maria Solheim
Capital 1
Myre
Category for people born here 1
Category:People from Øksnes Municipality
Country 1
Norway
Highest point 1
Snøkolla
Instance of 1
municipality of Norway
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Nordland
Located in time zone 1
UTC+01:00
Located in/on physical feature 1
Langøya
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
WikiProject Govdirectory
Topic's main category 1
Category:Øksnes
← Capital of 1
Myre
← Category combines topics 1
Category:People from Øksnes Municipality
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Øksnes
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Nordland
← Located in the present-day administrative territorial entity 1
Langenes Municipality
← Merged into 1
Langenes Municipality
← Separated from 1
Langenes Municipality
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Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . oksnes.kommune.no. Retrieved . oksnes.kommune.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  15. [15] ↑ . Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. wikidata.org.
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  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
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  1. 1h ago · Dev Jadiya · 2026-11-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed [hi] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #67776"
  2. 19d ago · Ajarmund · 2026-10-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Industry → general public administration activities
    Legal form → kommune
    Norwegian organisation number → 845152012
    Employees → 896
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "kommuner (details)"
  3. 26d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Norway
    Capital → Myre
    Language used → Bokmål, Nynorsk
    Inception → 1837
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim references: Capital: Myre, source for administrative centre from Store norske leksikon (OKA bot task 2…"
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