Beiarn

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Beiarn kommune
Locator map showing Beiarn within Nordland
County Nordland
District Salten
Municipality NO-1839
Administrative centre Moldjord
Mayor (2005) Frigg Ottar Os (Beiarn Bygdeliste)
Official language form Bokmål
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Percentage
Ranked 81
1,222 km²
1,181 km²
0.38 %
Population
 - Total (2004)
 - Percentage
 - Change (10 years)
 - Density
Ranked 393
1,183
0.03 %
-17.9 %
1/km²
Coordinates 66°55′N 14°40′E
www.beiarn.kommune.no

Data from Statistics Norway

Coordinates: 66°55′N 14°40′E

Beiarn is a municipality located in the county of Nordland, Norway.

It is located just north of the Arctic Circle, on the Beiarelva river, and the area offers many outdoor activities to visitors, including fishing, caving and mountain walking. Beiarn farm museum includes an overview of Beiarn's cultural history, from the Viking age through to the middle of the last century.

The world's most northern naturally occurring elm forest (Ulmus glabra) is located in the municipality. Beiarn is part of the Bodø Region.

The Norse form of the name was (probably) *Beðir. The meaning of the name is unknown. (Maybe related to the English word bed - in the sense 'riverbed'.)

Beiarn Church, July 2006. (Photo: Roar Johansen)
Beiarn Church, July 2006. (Photo: Roar Johansen)



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