Official Name: | Oppeid |
Other Name: | Oppeide |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Nordland#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nordland |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Nordland |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Salten |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Hamarøy |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.7 |
Population As Of: | 2018 |
Population Total: | 551 |
Population Density Km2: | 787 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 8294 Hamarøy |
Coordinates: | 68.0852°N 15.6094°W |
Elevation M: | 73 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Oppeid or Oppeide is the administrative centre of Hamarøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located about southwest of the town of Narvik. It is located right next to the village of Presteid on a small isthmus of land between the Kaldvågfjorden and the Presteidfjorden. The village is home to the Knut Hamsun videregående skole (upper secondary school), a museum, and cafe.[2]
The 0.7km2 village has a population (2018) of 551 which gives the village a population density of .[3]