Tjøtta
Sign in to saveTjøtta is a village in Alstahaug Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the southern tip of the island of Tjøtta, which is located south of the large island of Alsta. The village is located on an island, but it does have a mainland road connection via Norwegian County Road 17 and a series of bridges heading north to the town of Sandnessjøen. The historic Tjøtta Church is located in the village.
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- Tjøtta
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- Village
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- 11
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- village
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- Norway
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- Northern Norway
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- Nordland
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- Helgeland
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- Municipality
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Tjøtta is a village in Alstahaug Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the southern tip of the island of Tjøtta, which is located south of the large island of Alsta. The village is located on an island, but it does have a mainland road connection via Norwegian County Road 17 and a series of bridges heading north to the town of Sandnessjøen. The historic Tjøtta Church is located in the village.
The village had a population (2017) of 214 and a population density of . Since 2017, the population and area data for this village area has not been separately tracked by Statistics Norway.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tjøtta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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