Folden
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
| Folden herred | |
|---|---|
| Former Municipality | |
 Folden herred
|
|
| Coordinates: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Northern Norway |
| County | Nordland |
| District | Salten |
| Municipality ID | NO-1845 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+01:00) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+02:00) |
| Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838 |
| Split into | Nordfold-Kjerringøy and Sørfold in 1887 |
Folden is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Folden encompassed all of the present-day municipality of Sørfold, the Kjerringøy area of Bodø, and the southeastern part of the municipality of Steigen.[1]
History
The municipality of Folden was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The municipality existed until 1 January 1887, when it was divided into two new municipalities: Nordfold-Kjerringøy and Sørfold. Before the partition, Folden had a population of 3,293.[2]
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />, or <references group="..." /><templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
 |
This Nordland location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
