page_title: Ibestad
section_title: General information
hierarchical_section_title: Ibestad / General information
caption_attribution_description: English: Aerial view from the east towards west, of Ibestad Municipality (islands) and Gratangen Municipality (mainland), in Troms county (Norway). The distinctive island in the fjord are named Rolla (left) and Andørja (right).
context_page_description: Ibestad is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Central Hålogaland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hamnvik. Some of the other larger villages in Ibestad include Engenes, Laupstad, Rollnes, Sørrollnes, Sørvika, and Å.
  The 241-square-kilometre municipality is the 292nd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Ibestad is the 307th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,361. The municipality's population density is 5.8 inhabitants per square kilometre and its population has decreased by 3.3% over the last decade.
context_section_description: The municipality of Ibestad was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).  Initially, Ibestad municipality covered a large area from the Vågsfjorden to the border with Sweden (the old Astafjord church parish). In 1854, the rural eastern half of the municipality (population: 757) was separated from Ibestad to form the new Bardu Municipality. This left Ibestad with 4,741 residents.
  Then, on 1 January 1871, the northeastern part of the municipality (population: 1,384) was separated from Ibestad to form the new Salangen Municipality.  This left Ibestad with 4,301 inhabitants.  On 1 January 1907, the easternmost area of Ibestad (population: 1,536) became the separate Lavangen Municipality.  Ibestad had  5,709 residents remaining after the split.  In 1926, the municipality of Ibestad was divided into four separate municipalities: Andørja (population: 1,420) in the northeast, Gratangen (population: 1,967) in the southeast, Astafjord (population: 1,018) in the southwest, and (a much smaller) Ibestad (population: 1,768) in the northwest.
  During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee.  On 1 January 1964, the municipality of Ibestad (population: 1,821) was merged with the municipality of Andørja (population: 1,330) and the part of Skånland Municipality located on the island of Rolla (population: 143), creating a new Ibestad Municipality with a total of 3,294 residents.
  On 1 January 2020, the municipality became part of the newly formed Troms og Finnmark county. Previously, it had been part of the old Troms county.
caption: Ibestad includes the two islands in the central part of this picture
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