Beiarn
| Beiarn kommune | |||
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 Beiarn within Nordland |
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| Coordinates: 66°55′2″N 14°40′29″E / 66.91722°N 14.67472°ECoordinates: 66°55′2″N 14°40′29″E / 66.91722°N 14.67472°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Nordland | ||
| District | Salten | ||
| Administrative centre | Moldjord | ||
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| • Mayor (2011) | Monika Sande (Sp) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 1,222.16 km2 (471.88 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 1,181.11 km2 (456.03 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 41.05 km2 (15.85 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 81 in Norway | ||
| Population (2011) | |||
| • Total | 1,097 | ||
| • Rank | 393 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 0.93/km2 (2.4/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -14.0 % | ||
| Demonym(s) | Beiarværing | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1839 | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Website | www |
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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 municipality of Beiarn was established in 1853 when it was separated from the large municipality of Gildeskål. Initially, Beiarn had 1,164 residents. The municipal boundaries have not changed since that time.
The municipality is named after Beiar Fjord (Old Norse: Beðir or Beðinn). The meaning of the name is not definitively known, but it may be related to the English word bed in the sense of a "river bed". The name was historically spelled Beieren.
The coat-of-arms is from modern times; they were granted in 1988. The arms show a gold-colored pine tree on a green background. This was chosen because of the mighty pine forests for which Beiarn has historically been well-known.
The Church of Norway has one parish (sokn) within the municipality of Beiarn. It is part of the Salten deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.
A privately owned stave church was built in 2006 at Savjord, about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) east of Moldjord. The Savjord Stave Church was modeled after the Gol Stave Church.
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