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Hamarøy Municipality

Hamarøy Municipality

Hamarøy(Norwegian) or Hábmer(Lule Sami) is a municipality in Nordlandcounty, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Oppeid. Other villages include Drag, Hellmobotn, , Karlsøy, Korsnes, Presteid, Skutvika, Tømmerneset, Tranøya, and .

The 2,020-square-kilometre (780 sq mi) municipality is the 36th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Hamarøy Municipality is the 243rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,729. The municipality's population density is 1.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.6/sq mi) and its population has increased by about 50% over the previous 10-year period (due to the enlargement of the municipality when part of became part of Hamarøy in 2020).