Beiarn Municipality
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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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Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- beiarværing
- Population
- 1032
- Area
- 0.1
- Official website
- www.beiarn.kommune.no
- Image
- Beiarn Church.jpg
- Households
- 6
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- Beiarn
- inception
- 1853-00-00
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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.