Bø or Vinje is a

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in Bø Municipality in

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county,

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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 Bø Municipality and Øksnes Municipality as well as pa ...

, looking out towards the small island of Litløya.

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runs through the village. Bø Church stands just east of the village. The urban area of "Bø" is actually a name used by

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to refer to the three smaller villages of Vinje, Steine, and Skagan which have grown together due to

conurbation A conurbation is a region consisting of a number of metropolises, cities, large towns, and other urban areas which, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban or industrially developed area. In most ...

and now form one large urban area. The village has a population (2023) of 589 and a

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of .

Climate

Bø has a

subpolar oceanic climate An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring co ...

(

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''Cfc''), and is close to a temperate oceanic climate. Bø is the northernmost location in the world with all monthly means above . The current weather station is on the south coast of the island. An earlier weather station was located more inland on the island in a flat marshy area, and had recorded up to in July and down to in February.

References

Villages in Nordland Bø, Nordland Populated places of Arctic Norway {{Nordland-geo-stub