Beiarn Municipality
Beiarn kommune | |
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Beiara herred (historic name) Beieren herred (historic name) | |
Coordinates: 66°55′02″N 14°40′29″E / 66.91722°N 14.67472°E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Nordland |
District | Salten |
Established | 1853 |
• Preceded by | Gildeskål Municipality |
Administrative centre | Moldjord |
Government | |
• Mayor (2023) | Andrè Kristoffersen (Sp) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,222.31 km2 (471.94 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,178.76 km2 (455.12 sq mi) |
• Water | 43.55 km2 (16.81 sq mi) 3.6% |
• Rank | #88 in Norway |
Highest elevation | 1,634.52 m (5,362.60 ft) |
Population (2024) | |
• Total | 1,062 |
• Rank | #333 in Norway |
• Density | 0.9/km2 (2/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | −2.4% |
Demonym | Beiarværing[2] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Bokmål |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-1839[4] |
Website | Official 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]