page_title: Nesna
section_title: General information
hierarchical_section_title: Nesna / General information
caption_attribution_description: Norsk bokmål: Øya Tomma i Nesna kommune sett fra øst. English: The island of Tomma in Nesna municipality, Nordland, Norway, seen from the east
context_page_description: Nesna is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Nesna. Other villages in Nesna include Handnesneset, Husby, Saura, and Vikholmen.
  The municipality consists of the three islands Tomma, Hugla, and Handnesøya, and one peninsula that bears the name of the municipality, Nesna. The old Husby Estate is headquartered in Husby on Tomma island.
  The Coastal Express arrives two times a day at the village of Nesna, the northbound arrives 05:30 and the southbound 11:15. The village of Nesna is also home to Nordland's education center Nesna University College, and there is also the KVN High School, and Nesna Church.
  The 183-square-kilometre municipality is the 309th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Nesna is the 295th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,761. The municipality's population density is 9.7 inhabitants per square kilometre and its population has decreased by 1.4% over the previous 10-year period.
context_section_description: Nesna was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The western island district of Nesna (population: 1,348) was separated from Nesna on 1 July 1888 to form the new municipality of Dønnes.  This left Nesna with 2,958 residents.  On 1 January 1919, the Bardalssjøen farm (population: 4) was transferred from Hemnes Municipality to Nesna Municipality.  In 1945, a small area of southern Nesna (population: 26) was transferred to Leirfjord Municipality.
  During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1962, part of the island of Løkta (population: 80) was transferred from Nesna to the new Dønna Municipality and part of the island of Tomma (population: 80) was transferred from the old municipality of Dønnes to Nesna Municipality.  Then on 1 January 1964, the Bardalssjøen area of Nesna, located south of the Ranfjorden, was transferred to Leirfjord Municipality.  On that same date, the part of Nesna around the inner part of the Sjona fjord was transferred to Rana Municipality.
caption: View of the island of Tomma
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