Beiarn Municipality
Beiarn Municipality
Beiarn kommune | |
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| Beiara herred (historic name) Beieren herred (historic name) | |
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Coat of arms | |
Nordland within Norway | |
Beiarn within Nordland | |
| 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 (5,362.6 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 1,062 |
| • Rank | #333 in Norway |
| • Density | 0.9/km2 (2.3/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −2.4% |
| Demonym | Beiarværing |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1839 |
| 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 Municipality 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.