Hestad
is a village in
Dønna Municipality
Dønna is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland region. The administrative centre of the island municipality is the village of Solfjellsjøen. Other villages include Bjørn, Dønnes, Hestad, Sandåker, and V ...
in
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,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
. The village is located on the southern part of the
island of Dønna, about northwest of the mainland town of
Sandnessjøen
Sandnessjøen is a town and the administrative centre of Alstahaug Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Sandnessjøen was granted special trading privileges in the late 1600s, but it did not receive town status until 1999. Sandnessjøen is ...
.
Hæstad Church
Hæstad Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Dønna Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hestad on the southern part of the island of Dønna. It is one of the churches for the Dønna parish ...
is located in the village.
Norwegian County Road 828
County Road 828 () is a road in Nordland County, Norway. It is also locally named ''Hæstadveien'' (Hæstad Road), ''Seløyveien'' (Seløy Road), ''Brunsvikveien'' (Brunsvik Road), ''Nord-Herøyveien'' (North Herøy Road), ''Sør-Herøyveien'' ( ...
runs through the village along the coast of the island.
References
Dønna
Villages in Nordland
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