The Bodø Region ( no, Bodøregionen) is a

metropolitan region A metropolitan area or metro is a region that consists of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories sharing industries, commercial areas, transport network, infrastructures and housing. A metro area usually com ...

in Nordland county in northern

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

, centered on the town of Bodø. Before 1 January 2005, the municipality of Skjerstad was part of the region, but it has since merged into the municipality of Bodø. There are several "city regions" that the government has declared in Norway. The population figures are per 01.01.2014 In addition to these areas in the "official" region, many people in neighboring Fauske commute daily to Bodø.

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Metropolitan regions of Norway Bodø Gildeskål Beiarn {{Nordland-geo-stub