Nordland info
The county administration is in Bodø. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen has been administered from Nordland since 1995. Nordland is the southernmost county in North Norway. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. Vega is on the Unesco World Heritage list.
The county is divided into traditional districts. These are Helgeland in the south (south of the Arctic Circle), Salten in the center, and Ofoten in the northeast. In the northwest lie the archipelagoes of Lofoten and Vesteralen.
The key industries are fisheries and offshore petroleum exploration. Nordland is well known for the fishing of codfish and fish farming of salmon. Main export markets are Germany, Scandinavia, Britain, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, France, Russia and Japan. Tourism is important, mainly in the summer season, although there are some winter visitors looking for good skiing, especially from February to April.
Bays in Nordland, Norway
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Andenes is a town and former municipality in Vesteralen district in Nordland county, Norway....
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The city of Bodø was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Bodin was merged with Bodø on 1 January 1968. Skjerstad was merged with Bodø on 1 January 2005. Bodø, located just north of the Arctic Circle, is the largest city in Nordland, and the second largest in North Norway....
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Bronnoysund is a town and former municipality, and centre of Bronnoy municipality, Nordland county, Norway....
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Leknes is a town and administrative centre of municipality Vestvagoy in the county of Nordland in North Norway. The town is situated in the geographical middle of Lofoten, approximately 68km west of Svolvaer and 65km east of A....
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Moskenes is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Lofoten traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Reine....
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Ornes is a small village in the municipality of Meloy, Norway....
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Reine is the administrative centre of Moskenes municipality, Norway. Its population (SSB 2005) is 342....
Risoyhamn is a village on the island of Andoya in the municipality of Andøy, Norway....
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Sandnessjoen is the centre of the municipality of Alstahaug in the county of Nordland, Norway, with a population of 5,716. It was made a township in 1999....
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Stokmarknes is a small town on the island of Hadsel in Nordland, Norway. It is the municipality centre of the Hadsel municipality....
Storvagan was one of the first fishing villages in Lofoten....
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Svolvaer is the administrative centre of Vagan Municipality (9,200 inhabitants) in Nordland County, Norway....
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