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Area	0.1 km²
Population	338
Local Time
Timezone	Central European Summer Time
Lat & Lng	68.99581, 15.01347

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Nyksund Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	0	0	0	0	338	322	321
Population Density	0 / km²	0 / km²	0 / km²	0 / km²	5,408 / km²	5,152 / km²	5,136 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Nyksund Population Density

Population Density: 5,408 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Nyksund	338	62,500 m²	5,408 / km²
Nordland	241,993	80,996.9 km²	3 / km²
Norway	4.9 million	322,754.2 km²	15.2 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Nyksund Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1975 to 2030

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Nordland CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Nordland	2,013,101 tn	8.32 tn	24.9 tons/km²
Norway	86,855,170 tn	17.74 tn	269.1 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Nordland CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	2,013,101 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	8.32 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	24.9 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Earthquake	Low (2)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
9/24/10	10:57 PM	4	98.8 km	19,400 m	northern Norway	usgs.gov
9/3/81	6:39 PM	4.5	57.1 km	10,000 m	Norwegian Sea	usgs.gov
4/28/74	12:52 PM	4.9	60.4 km	33,000 m	northern Norway	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Nyksund

Nyksund is a coastal fishing village on the northern part of the island of Langøya in the Vesterålen archipelago. It is part of the municipality of Øksnes in Nordland county, Norway. It is located about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southeast of Stø, althoug..

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