Beiarn Municipality

Beiarn Municipality
Beiarn kommune
Beiara herred  (historic name)
Beieren herred  (historic name)
Coat of arms of Beiarn Municipality
Nordland within Norway
Nordland within Norway
Beiarn within Nordland
Beiarn within Nordland
Coordinates: 66°55′02″N 14°40′29″E / 66.91722°N 14.67472°E / 66.91722; 14.67472
CountryNorway
CountyNordland
DistrictSalten
Established1853
 • Preceded byGildeskål Municipality
Administrative centreMoldjord
Government
 • Mayor (2023)Andrè Kristoffersen (Sp)
Area
 • Total1,222.31 km2 (471.94 sq mi)
 • Land1,178.76 km2 (455.12 sq mi)
 • Water43.55 km2 (16.81 sq mi)  3.6%
 • Rank#88 in Norway
Highest elevation1,634.52 m (5,362.60 ft)
Population
 (2024)
 • Total1,062
 • Rank#333 in Norway
 • Density0.9/km2 (2/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −2.4%
DemonymBeiarværing[2]
Official language
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1839[4]
WebsiteOfficial website

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 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.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Høgaste fjelltopp i kvar kommune" (in Norwegian). Kartverket. 16 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  3. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  4. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  6. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).