Municipality ID NO-1827 Created from Nesna in 1888 Local time Wednesday 10:26 PM | Adm. Center Dønnes Merged into Dønna in 1962 | |
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Weather -4°C, Wind E at 10 km/h, 70% Humidity | ||
Dønnes is a village and a former municipality in the Helgeland traditional region in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Dønna. The former municipality encompassed the northern part of the island of Dønna, the western parts of the islands of Tomma and Løkta, and many smaller surrounding islands.
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Map of 8820 Donnes, Norway
Dønnes Church was probably built here at the request of Paul Vågaskalm who was governor of Alstahaug. It was built on the site of an older church sometime between 1200 and 1300. The characteristic onion dome was added in 1866. The church organ, built by Paul Christian Brantzeg, was installed in 1866.
History
Dønnes was established as a municipality on 1 July 1888 when the western part of the municipality of Nesna was separated to form a new municipality. Initially, Dønnes had a population of 1,348. On 1 January 1962 the municipality of Dønnes ceased to exist. The part of Dønnes on the island of Tomma (population: 80) was merged into Nesna. The remainder of Dønnes (population: 1,348) was merged with the municipality of Nordvik, the part of Herøy on the island of Dønna, and the island of Løkta in Nesna to create the new municipality of Dønna.