Tjong
is a village in
Rødøy Municipality
Rødøy is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland Districts of Norway, traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Våga ...
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
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. The village is located along the
Tjongsfjorden
Tjongsfjorden is a fjord in Rødøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The long fjord begins just west of the Svartisen glacier; it flows west and flows into the Rødøyfjorden, which is just east of the island of Rødøya. The mountain, ...
, east of the municipal center of
VÃ¥gaholmen
Vågaholmen (sometimes shortened to ''Våga'') is the administrative centre of Rødøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located along the Tjongsfjorden, just west of the village of Tjong, Nordland, Tjong.
References
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. The local church,
Tjongsfjorden Church
Tjongsfjorden Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway, located in Rødøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It stands in the village of Tjong on the mainland in the northern part of the municipality. It is one of the churches ...
, serves all of northeastern Rødøy. The village of
Ã…gskardet
Ågskardet is a village in Meløy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the southern side of the Holandsfjorden, about north of the village of Tjong, Nordland, Tjong (in neighboring Rødøy Municipality). There were 127 inhab ...
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. O ...
lies about to the north.
References
Rødøy
Villages in Nordland
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