Beiarn

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	Beiarn
Basic data
Commune number :	1839
Province  (county) :	North country
Administrative headquarters:	Moldjord
Coordinates :	67 ° 0 ′  N , 14 ° 34 ′  E Coordinates: 67 ° 0 ′  N , 14 ° 34 ′  E
Surface:	1,222.32 km²
Residents:	1,017  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density :	1 inhabitant per km²
Language form :	Bokmål
Postal code :	8110
Structure:	Moldjord
Website:	www.beiarn.kommune.no
politics
Mayor :	Monika Sande  ( Sp ) (2011)
Location in the province of Nordland

Beiarn is a municipality in the Norwegian province of Nordland .

The oldest traces of settlement date from 1500 BC. At that time grain was grown and domestic animals were kept. Agriculture has remained the most important economic factor to this day. Many families disappeared in the Middle Ages without any specific information about them. In the 16th and 17th centuries, the population increased again, first in the coastal region and later also in the higher valleys. In the 19th century, people from Rana moved across the Saltfjell into the Beinung Valley. This development also led to more contact with the outside world and to emerging trade.

Savjord Stave Church in Beiarn

As long as the sea route was the main traffic connection in the region, Beiarn was on par with other coastal towns. After the Second World War , however, the land connections were expanded and Beiarn was cut off from traffic. There was no road link and the fjord was icy in winter. It was not until the 1960s that Beiarn was connected to the road network. This slowed the development of Beiarn in many ways, and the residents emigrated. But agriculture continued.

Today there is a carpentry company that produces windows and doors and a textile company with its own collection. There is also a larger machine shop there. 14% of the municipal area is commercial forest. Lately, income from tourism has also started to make itself felt.

Today Beiarn benefits from the fact that nature has remained largely intact as a result of these circumstances.

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Individual evidence

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