page_title: Lurøy
section_title: General information
hierarchical_section_title: Lurøy / General information
caption_attribution_description: Lovund, Lurøy, Nordland, Norway.
context_page_description: Lurøy 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 Lurøy, located on the island of Lurøya. Other villages in Lurøy include Aldra, Haugland, Konsvikosen, Lovund, Sleneset / Solværøyene, Stokkvågen, and Tonnes.
  The municipality is located on the coast just south of the Arctic circle, on the western edge of the Saltfjellet mountain range. The Lurøygården on the island of Lurøya is a more-than-200-year-old renaissance garden with old plants, a pool, and a nearly 20-metre high Copper Beech.
  The 265-square-kilometre municipality is the 275th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Lurøy is the 288th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,890. The municipality's population density is 7.3 inhabitants per square kilometre and its population has decreased by 0.5% over the previous 10-year period.
context_section_description: Lurøy was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).  On 1 January 1872, the far western island district (population: 289) was separated from Lurøy to become the new municipality of Træna.  This left Lurøy with 1,554 residents.  The borders of Lurøy have not changed since that time.
caption: View of the island Lovund
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