Lødingen (village)

Lødingen
Lødingen
	Village
	View of the village
	Lødingen Location of the village Lødingen Lødingen (Norway)
	Coordinates: 68.4137°N 15.9963°E
Country	Norway
Region	Northern Norway
County	Nordland
District	Ofoten
Municipality	Lødingen Municipality
Area [1]
• Total	1.51 km2 (0.58 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	5 m (16 ft)
Population (2018)[1]
• Total	1,696
• Density	1,123/km2 (2,910/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	8410 Lødingen

Lødingen is the administrative centre of Lødingen Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on the southwestern shore of the island of Hinnøya. The village is also located where the southern mouth of the Tjeldsundet strait meets the Vestfjorden. The Norwegian National Road 85 runs through the village and continues on the Bognes–Lødingen ferry route.

The village is the business and transportation centre for the municipality. It has the municipal government offices, school, Lødingen Church, as well as a museum.[3]

The 1.51-square-kilometre (370-acre) village has a population (2018) of 1,696 which gives the village a population density of 1,123 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,910/sq mi).[1]

Etymology

The village (and municipality) is named after the old Lødingen farm (Old Norse: Lǫðueng), since the first Lødingen Church was built there. The first element is the genitive case of laða which means "grain/hay barn" and the last element is eng which means "meadow".[4]

References

Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2018). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
"Lødingen (Nordland)". yr.no. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2016-07-14). "Lødingen – tettstedet". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
Rygh, Oluf (1905). Norske gaardnavne: Nordlands amt (in Norwegian) (16 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 297.

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[ssb-1] Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2018). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".

[2] "Lødingen (Nordland)". yr.no. Retrieved 2019-01-01.

[snl-3] Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2016-07-14). "Lødingen – tettstedet". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2019-01-01.

[4] Rygh, Oluf (1905). Norske gaardnavne: Nordlands amt (in Norwegian) (16 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 297.