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Harstad (town)
City in Harstad Municipality, Norway
City in Harstad Municipality, Norway
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Harstad |
| native_name | |
| settlement_type | Town/City |
| image_skyline | Harstad2.jpg |
| image_caption | View of the town |
| mapframe | yes |
| mapframe-zoom | 9 |
| mapframe-marker | town |
| pushpin_map | Troms#Norway |
| pushpin_label | Harstad |
| pushpin_label_position | top |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Norway |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Northern Norway |
| subdivision_type2 | County |
| subdivision_name2 | Troms |
| subdivision_type3 | District |
| subdivision_name3 | Central Hålogaland |
| subdivision_type4 | Municipality |
| subdivision_name4 | Harstad Municipality |
| timezone1 | CET |
| utc_offset1 | +01:00 |
| timezone1_DST | CEST |
| utc_offset1_DST | +02:00 |
| established_title | Established as |
| established_date | |
| established_title1 | Town (By) |
| established_date1 | 1904 |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | 11.45 |
| population_as_of | 2023 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 21289 |
| population_density_km2 | 1858 |
| postal_code_type | Post Code |
| postal_code | 9405 Harstad |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_m | 3 |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| module | {{Infobox kommune |
| name | Harstad |
| ladested | yes |
| former | yes |
| child | yes |
| official_name | Harstad ladested |
| map | NO 1901 Harstad by.svg |
| map_caption1 | Harstad within Troms |
| idnumber | 1901 |
| county | Troms |
| district | Central Hålogaland |
| capital | Harstad |
| established | 1904 |
| preceded | Trondenes Municipality |
| disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| succeeded | Harstad Municipality |
| coatofarms | none |
| flag | none |
| area_rank | 679 |
| area_total_km2 | 0.7 |
| population_as_of | 1963 |
| population_rank | 231 |
| population_total | 3860 |
| population_density_km2 | 5514 |
| population_increase | -8.4 |
| mapframe-zoom = 9 | mapframe-marker = town
Harstad (; ) is a city in Harstad Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The city is also the administrative centre of Harstad Municipality. The 11.46 km2 city has a population (2023) of 21,289 (31,404 in the Urban area) and a population density of 1858 PD/km2. It is the second-largest town in Troms county, after the city of Tromsø, and it is the largest town in Central Hålogaland.
The town is located on the northeastern part of the large island of Hinnøya, along the Vågsfjorden. The city is made up of several areas (bydeler) including Gansås, Grønnebakkan, Kanebogen, Medkila, Sama, Seljestad, Stangnes, and Trondenes and more. There are two churches of the Church of Norway in the town: Harstad Church and Kanebogen Church. The historic Trondenes Church lies on the north edge of the town, near the Trondenes Fort.
History
On 1 January 1904, the village of Harstad was granted town privileges as a ladested. On the same date, the new town was separated from the Trondenes Municipality to become a separate town-municipality of its own. Initially, the town of Harstad had 1,246 residents. The town of Harstad existed as its own municipality between 1 January 1904 until 31 December 1963.
During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the town of Harstad (population: 3,808) was merged with Trondenes Municipality (population: 6,567) to the north and Sandtorg Municipality (population: 7,512) to the south, forming a new, much larger Harstad Municipality.
Name
The town (and municipality) is named after the old Harstad farm (), since the town is built where the farm once was located. The first element is (probably) the genitive case of the male name Hǫrðr. The last element is which means "homestead" or "farm". On 6 February 2017, the municipality of Harstad adopted a co-equal Sami language name for the municipality: Hárstták. The Sami language name spelling changes depending on how it is used. It is called Hárstták when it is spelled alone, but it is Hársttáid suohkan when using the Sami language equivalent to "Harstad municipality".
Government
Main article: Harstad Municipality#Government
The city of Harstad is part of Harstad Municipality. The urban city area itself is not self-governing, but rather the mayor and municipal council for the whole municipality oversees the city and entire municipality. From 1904 until 1963, the city and the municipality were , but since 1964, the municipality has been much more than just the city.
Transport
Harstad is served by Harstad/Narvik Airport which is located 44 km south of Harstad and has regular flights to Oslo, Trondheim, Bodø, Tromsø and Andenes.
Climate
|Jan record high C= 8.8 |Feb record high C= 9.2 |Mar record high C= 10.9 |Apr record high C= 16.9 |May record high C= 24.7 |Jun record high C= 29.6 |Jul record high C= 31.7 |Aug record high C= 31.5 |Sep record high C= 25.9 |Oct record high C= 17.5 |Nov record high C= 13.8 |Dec record high C= 9.8 |year record high C= |Jan record low C= -15.4 |Feb record low C= -16.1 |Mar record low C= -13.3 |Apr record low C= -9.4 |May record low C= -3.7 |Jun record low C= -0.6 |Jul record low C= 4.6 |Aug record low C= 1.7 |Sep record low C= -1.6 |Oct record low C= -7.9 |Nov record low C= -10.3 |Dec record low C= -14.5 |year record low C=
Media gallery
Gangsåstoppen.jpg|View point Harstad2.jpg|Northern part of town Strandgata i Harstad.jpg|Town centre Harstadt im Februar 2005.jpg|Harstad in winter Harstad at night seen from Gangsåstoppen.jpg|View from Gangsåstoppen Harstad 01.jpg|Nocturnal view Harstad kirke.JPG|Harstad Church
References
References
- In the Norwegian language, the word ''by'' can be translated as "town" or "city".
- "Harstad, Harstad (Troms)". [[yr.no]].
- "Informasjon om stadnamn". [[Norwegian Mapping Authority.
- Statistisk sentralbyrå. (2023-12-23). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
- (2018-02-21). "Harstad". [[Kunnskapsforlaget]].
- Jukvam, Dag. (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen". [[Statistics Norway.
- Rygh, Oluf. (1911). "Norske gaardnavne: Troms amt". W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri.
- "Stadnamn og rettskriving". [[Kartverket]].
- (2017-02-06). "Harstad fikk samisk navn". NRK Nord-Norge.
- "Norsk Klimaservicesenter".
- "Eklima/met.no". Norwegian Meteorological Institute – extremes and precipitation Harstad Stadion.
- "Historiske værdata for Harstad stadion som graf - Siste 13 måneder".
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