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Beiarn Municipality

municipality in Nordland, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Nordland
District: Salten
Preceded by: Gildeskål Municipality
Administrative centre: Moldjord
Mayor 2023: Andrè Kristoffersen ( Sp )
Total: 1,222.31 km (471.94 sq mi)
Land: 1,178.76 km (455.12 sq mi)
Water: 43.55 km (16.81 sq mi) 3.6%
Rank: # 88 in Norway
Highest elevation: 1,634.52 m (5,362.6 ft)
Density: 0.9/km (2.3/sq mi)
Change 10 years: −2.4%
Demonym: Beiarværing
Norwegian form: Bokmål
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
Iso 3166 code: NO-1839

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Beiarn is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. Beiarn is also a part of the Bodø Region, a statistical metropolitan region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Moldjord. Other villages in Beiarn are Høyforsmoen, Trones, and Tverrvika.

The 1,222-square-kilometre (472 sq mi) municipality is the 88th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Beiarn Municipality is the 333rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,062. The municipality's population density is 0.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (2.3/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 2.4% over the previous 10-year period.