Tjong or Tjongsfjord is a village in the municipality of
Rødøy
Rødøy is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vågaholmen. Other villages include Gjerøy, Jektvika, Kilboghamn, Melfjord ...
in
Nordland county,
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 ...
. The village is located along the
Tjongsfjorden
Tjongsfjorden is a fjord in the municipality of Rødøy in Nordland county, Norway. The long fjord begins just west of the Svartisen glacier and flows west and flows into the Rødøyfjorden, just east of the island of Rødøya. The mountain ...
, east of the municipal center of
VÃ¥gaholmen
Vågaholmen (also called Våga) is the administrative centre of the municipality of Rødøy in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located along the Tjongsfjorden, just west of the village of Tjong, Nordland, Tjong.
References
Rødà ...
. The local church,
Tjongsfjorden Church, serves all of northeastern Rødøy. The village of
Ã…gskardet in neighboring
Meløy Municipality
Meløy is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Salten Districts of Norway, traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ørnes. ...
lies about to the north.
References
Rødøy
Villages in Nordland
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