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Fleinvær
Fleinvær is an island group in Gildeskål Municipality, Gildeskål municipality in Norway, approximately southwest of Bodø Municipality, Bodø. The island group consists of countless low islands, islets, and skerries. It is said that Fleinvær has as many islands as there are days in a year. Description The archipelago is located about 25 km southwest of Bodø. The archipelago consists of about 230 small low islands, islets and reefs. Fishing is the main activity of the island. There is a regular boat connection with Bodø, Bliksvær, Sør-Arnøya and Sandhornøya. There are few permanent residents, but in the summer many people come to their holiday homes. Archaeological excavations show that Fleinvær has been inhabited since the eighth century. Most of the buildings are located on the central islands of ''Mevær'' and ''Sørvær'', with buildings scattered around the islands around them. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Fleinvaer Archipelagoes of Norway Car-free islands o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gildeskål Municipality
Gildeskål is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Bodø Region and the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Inndyr. Other villages include Forstranda, Lekanger, Mevik, Mårnes, Nygårdsjøen, Saura, Norway, Saura, Storvik, Norway, Storvik, Sør-Arnøy, Sørfinnset, and Våg, Gildeskål, Våg. The municipality is the 170th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Gildeskål is the 285th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,958. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 3.2% over the previous 10-year period. General information The municipality of ''Gildeskaal'' (later spelled ''Gildeskål'') was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). In 1853, the eastern (inland) district of Gildeskaal Municipality (populati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodø Municipality
Bodø (; , ) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Bodø (town), town of Bodø (which is also the capital of Nordland county). Some of the notable villages in Bodø include Misvær, Skjerstad, Saltstraumen, Løding, Løpsmarka, Kjerringøy, Sørvær, Nordland, Sørvær, and Fenes, Nordland, Fenes. The municipality is the 66th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Bodø is the 19th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 53,712. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 8% over the previous 10-year period. The municipality of Bodø is located just north of the Arctic Circle and the Bodø (town), town of Bodø (population: 42,831; about 80% of the residents of the municipality), is the largest urban area and town in Nordland coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archipelagoes Of Norway
An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands. An archipelago may be in an ocean, a sea, or a smaller body of water. Example archipelagos include the Aegean Islands (the origin of the term), the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, the Stockholm Archipelago, the Malay Archipelago (which includes the Indonesian and Philippine Archipelagos), the Lucayan (Bahamian) Archipelago, the Japanese archipelago, and the Hawaiian Archipelago. Etymology The word ''archipelago'' is derived from the Italian ''arcipelago'', used as a proper name for the Aegean Sea, itself perhaps a deformation of the Greek Αιγαίον Πέλαγος. Later, usage shifted to refer to the Aegean Islands (since the sea has a large number of islands). The erudite paretymology, deriving the word from Ancient Greek ἄρχι-(''arkhi-'', "chief") and πέλαγος (''pélagos'', "sea"), proposed by Buondelmonti, can still be found. Geographic typ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
