Glomfjord
Sign in to saveGlomfjord is a village in Meløy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The industrial community is located along Norwegian County Road 17 at the head of the Glomfjorden, just north of the Arctic Circle. The village has a population (2023) of 1,089 and a population density of .
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Glomfjord
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Glomfjord July 2011.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of the village
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 11
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- village
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Nordland#Norway
- Settlement.pushpin_label
- Glomfjord
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Norway
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Northern Norway
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Nordland
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Salten
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Meløy
- Area
- 1.13
- Elevation
- 111
- Body of water
- Glomfjorden
- Image
- Glomfjord surrounded by high mountains.jpg
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- Glomfjord
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Heavy industry
- Climate
- Tourism
- References
Glomfjord is a village in Meløy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The industrial community is located along Norwegian County Road 17 at the head of the Glomfjorden, just north of the Arctic Circle. The village has a population (2023) of 1,089 and a population density of .
In 2020 Fykantrappa - a popular outdoor stairway, was permanently closed after being in operation since 1919.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Glomfjord” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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