Terråk is the

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Bindal Municipality Bindal is a municipality in the Helgeland region in the extreme southwest part of Nordland county, Norway. The administrative centre is the village of Terråk. Other villages include Bindalseidet, Holm, Vassås, Horsfjord and Åbygda. The ...

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 ...

country,

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. The village is located in the eastern part of the municipality, along the shore of the Sørfjorden arm of the

Bindalsfjorden Bindalsfjorden is a fjord in the southern part of Nordland county, Norway. The fjord is mostly located in Bindal Municipality Bindal is a municipality in the Helgeland region in the extreme southwest part of Nordland county, Norway. The admini ...

. The nearby Vassås Bridge connects Terråk to the village of Vassås just to the north. Terråk is the commercial center for the municipality.

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has been historically important in the area, which is why the village hosts the annual Nordland boat

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. The village has a population (2024) of 526 and a

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of .

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Villages in Nordland Bindal {{Nordland-geo-stub