Tysfjord municipality

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Tysfjord municipality was a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway, known for its dramatic fjord landscapes and significant Sámi population.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former municipality of Norway ⓘ
capital Kjøpsvik ⓘ
coatOfArmsAdopted 1987 ⓘ
coatOfArmsBlazon Blue with a silver or white fjord and mountains ⓘ
country Norway ⓘ
dissolvedInto Hamarøy municipality ⓘ
Narvik municipality ⓘ
linked to: Narvik Municipality
dissolvedOn 2020-01-01 ⓘ
existedFrom 1869 ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Lule Sámi people ⓘ
linked to: Lule Sámi

Sámi people ⓘ
linked to: Sámi
hasFerryConnection Bognes–Skarberget ferry ⓘ
Drag–Kjøpsvik ferry ⓘ
hasGeographyFeature coastal area ⓘ
fjord landscape ⓘ
mountainous terrain ⓘ
hasIndustry aquaculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
mining ⓘ
hasNotableSite Drag Church ⓘ
Hellmobotn ⓘ
Kjøpsvik Church ⓘ
Tysfjord Church ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguageMinority Lule Sámi ⓘ
hasSettlement Drag ⓘ
Kjøpsvik ⓘ
Musken ⓘ
Storå ⓘ
hasSignificantPopulation Sámi ⓘ
hasTransport European route E6 ⓘ
knownFor Lule Sámi culture and language ⓘ
dramatic fjord landscapes ⓘ
significant Sámi population ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic Norway ⓘ
Northern Norway ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Nordland county ⓘ
Ofoten district ⓘ
locatedOn Hinnøya region (partly on mainland and islands) ⓘ
Tysfjorden ⓘ
namedAfter Tysfjorden ⓘ
partOf Kingdom of Norway ⓘ
populationCharacteristic sparsely populated ⓘ
separatedFrom Lødingen municipality ⓘ
timeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
usedLanguage Lule Sámi ⓘ
Norwegian ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tysfjord → hasFormerMunicipality → Tysfjord municipality ⓘ
Ballangen → borderedBy → Tysfjord municipality ⓘ
subject linked to: Ballangen, Norway
Ofoten → containsMunicipality → Tysfjord (former municipality) ⓘ
linked to: Tysfjord municipality
Kjøpsvik → previouslyGovernedBy → Tysfjord Municipality ⓘ
linked to: Tysfjord municipality
Drag → previouslyPartOf → Tysfjord municipality ⓘ
Storå → locatedIn → former municipality of Tysfjord ⓘ
linked to: Tysfjord municipality
Tysfjorden → locatedInMunicipalityFormer → Tysfjord municipality ⓘ