General Information
The municipality of Evindnæs was established on 1 January 1884 when the old municipality of Ofoten was split into Evindnæs and Ankenes. Initially, Evindnæs had 2,397 residents. The spelling was later changed from Evindnæs to Evenes. On 1 January 1912, the southern part of Trondenes municipality in Troms county (population: 291) was transferred to Evenes (and Nordland county).
On 1 July 1925, the southern district of Evenes (population: 3,270) was separated to become the new municipality of Ballangen. This left Evenes with 2,323 residents. On 1 January 1964, the unpopulated Ramnes area in western Evenes was transferred to Tjeldsund. On 1 January 1999, a small area of Narvik (population: 9) was transferred to Evenes.
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