Straumen is the

administrative centre An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgi ...

Sørfold Municipality Sørfold is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of S ...

Nordland Nordland (; , , , ) is one of the three northernmost Counties of Norway, counties in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to t ...

county,

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. The village is located at the end of the

Sørfolda or is a fjord in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in Sørfold Municipality and Bodø Municipality. The Sørfolda is a southeastern branch of the main Folda, Nordland, Folda fjord. Side branches include the Nevelsfjorden, Eidekjosen, Skju ...

fjord, along the

European route E06 European route E6 (, , or simply E6) is the main north–south thoroughfare through Norway as well as the west coast of Sweden. It is long and runs from the southern tip of Sweden at Trelleborg, into Norway and through almost all of the countr ...

highway. The lake

Straumvatnet or is a lake that lies in Sørfold Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The lake is located on the southeast side of the village of Straumen, Nordland, Straumen. The lake Røyrvatnet lies about south of this lake. Straumvatnet empties into ...

lies on the southeastern side of the village, and the town of Fauske lies about to the southwest. The village has a population (2023) of 844 and a

population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...

of .

References

Sørfold Villages in Nordland Populated places of Arctic Norway {{nordland-geo-stub