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Bjørnskinn
Sign in to saveBjørnskinn is a village in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village of Bjørnskinn lies along the southern part of the island of Andøya, about northwest of the larger village of Risøyhamn. The village is the site of Bjørnskinn Church which serves the southern part of Andøy Municipality.
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It sits within the topics Andøy Municipality and Villages in Nordland.
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Andøy Municipality
- Elevation
- 26
- Image
- Bjørnskinn Church.jpg
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- located in/on physical feature
- Andøya
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Bjørnskinn is a village in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village of Bjørnskinn lies along the southern part of the island of Andøya, about northwest of the larger village of Risøyhamn. The village is the site of Bjørnskinn Church which serves the southern part of Andøy Municipality.
==History== The village was the administrative centre of the old Bjørnskinn Municipality which existed from 1924 until its dissolution in 1964.
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