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| County | Nordland | |
| Landscape | Salten | |
| Municipality | NO-1837 | |
| Administrative centre | Ørnes | |
| Mayor (2005) | Arild Kjerpeseth (Ap) | |
| Official language form | Bokmål | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage | Ranked 127 873 km² 798 km² 0.27 % | |
| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density | Ranked 145 6,772 0.15 % -3.8 % 8/km² | |
| Coordinates | Template:Coor dm | |
| www.meloy.kommune.no Data from Statistics Norway (http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/1837) | ||
Meløy is a municipality located in the county of Nordland, Norway. It is situated just to the north of the Arctic Circle on Norway's west coast. It encompasses the island of Meløy and some 700 other islands of various sizes around the Meløyfjorden and Glomfjorden, as well as a stretch of mainland coast on which its administrative centre Ørnes stands. The municipality's main industries are light industry, agriculture, forestry, fishing and tourism. Ørnes is one of the stops on the route of the Hurtigruten (coastal steamer), with a notably scenic entrance via the fjord.
Meløy has been inhabited for many centuries and still possesses various relics from the Viking period. Due to the expansion of the community during the 19th century, it was split from its southern neighbour Rødøy in 1884. Its administrative centre was later moved from the island of Meløy to the coastal town of Ørnes.
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