Moldjord or Moldjorda is the

administrative centre An administrative center 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 administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

of the municipality of Beiarn 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 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 t ...

. The village is located along the

Beiar River The Beiar RiverCoulson, Stephen J. 2000. A Review of the Terrestrial and Freshwater Invertebrate Fauna of the High Arctic Archipelago of Svalbard. ''Norwegian Journal of Entomology'' 47: 41–63, p. 63. ( no, Beiarelva) is a river in the municipal ...

, about south of the river's mouth at the

Beiar Fjord Beiar Fjord ( no, Beiarfjorden or Beiaren) is a fjord in Nordland, Norway. The fjord lies mostly within the municipality of Beiarn, but the westernmost part of the fjord lies in Gildeskål municipality. It has a length of about . The Norwegian ...

. The village is home to the

Beiarn Church Beiarn Church ( no, Beiarn kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Beiarn Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Moldjord. It is one of the churches for the Beiarn parish which is part of the Salt ...

, the main church for the municipality. The village has about 150 residents (in 2016). Beiarn town hall 2012

Climate

Climate type is dominated by the winter season, a long, bitterly cold period with short, clear days, relatively little precipitation mostly in the form of snow, and low humidity. The

Köppen Climate Classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

subtype for this climate is "Dfc" (Continental Subarctic Climate).Climate Summary for Moldjord
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Service facilities in Beiarn
Beiarn Villages in Nordland Populated places of Arctic Norway {{nordland-geo-stub