Bø is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
in
Bø Municipality in
Nordland
Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ...
county,
Norway
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. The village is located on the southwest shore of the large island of
Langøya
Langøya is the third largest island of Norway (outside of Svalbard), with an area of . The island is a part of the Vesterålen archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. The island includes the municipalities of Bø and Øksnes as well as parts ...
, looking out towards the small island of
Litløya.
Norwegian County Road 820
County Road 820 ( no, Fylkesvei 820) is a road in the municipalities of Bø, Øksnes, and Sortland in Nordland County, Norway. It starts in the village of Straumsnes in the municipality of Bø, where it continues south from County Road 901, c ...
runs through the village. The village of Bø is made up of three smaller villages that have grown together: Vinje, Steine, and Skagan.
Bø Church stands just east of the village.
The village has a population (2018) of 612, which gives the village a
population density
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of and makes it the largest urban area in the municipality.
References
Villages in Nordland
Bø, Nordland
Populated places of Arctic Norway
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