Nordfold-Kjerringøy is a former municipality in Nordland

Nordland

is a county in Norway in the North Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Nord-Trøndelag in the south, Norrbottens län in Sweden to the east, Västerbottens län to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. The county administration is...

 county, Norway.

It was created when Folden

Folden

Folden is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway.It was created as Folden formannskapsdistrikt in 1837.Folden existed until January 1, 1887, when it was split to form two new municipalities: Nordfold-Kjerringøy and Sørfold. Before the partition Folden had a population of 3.293....

 was split into Nordfold-Kjerringøy and Sørfold

Sørfold

Sørfold is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Salten traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Straumen. The old municipality of Folden was divided into Sørfold and Nordfold-Kjerringøy on 1 January 1887.-General...

 on 1 January 1887. At that time Nordfold-Kjerringøy had a population of 1.347. On 1 January 1894 the farm Movik with 30 inhabitants was moved administratively to Sørfold.

Nordfold-Kjerringøy existed until 1 January 1906, when it was split to form the two new municipalities Nordfold

Nordfold

Nordfold is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The administrative centre was the village Nordfold.It was created when Nordfold-Kjerringøy was split into Nordfold and Kjerringøy on 1 January 1906. At that time Nordfold had a population of 1,485....

 and Kjerringøy

Kjerringøy

Kjerringøy is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The administrative centre was the village Kjerringøy.It was created when Nordfold-Kjerringøy was split into Kjerringøy and Nordfold on 1 January 1906. At that time Kjerringøy had a population of 857.On 1 January 1964 Kjerringøy was...

. Before the partition Nordfold-Kjerringøy had a population of 2.342.