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coat of arms map
Bindal municipality coat of arms
Bindal (Norway)
Bindal
Bindal
Basic data
Commune number : 1811
Province  (county) : North country
Administrative headquarters: Terråk
Coordinates : 65 ° 5 '  N , 12 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 65 ° 5 '  N , 12 ° 23'  E
Surface: 1,266.07 km²
Residents: 1,426  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density : 1 inhabitant per km²
Language form : Bokmål
Website:
politics
Mayor : Britt Helstad  ( Ap ) (2015)
Location in the province of Nordland
Location of the municipality in the province of Nordland

Bindal is a municipality in the Norwegian province of Nordland . The center of the municipality is Terråk, about 130 kilometers by road north of the city of Namsos .

The municipality has an area of ​​1264 km². The number of inhabitants is 1426 people (as of February 27, 2020), with about 650 people living in Terråk. The first post office in Northern Norway was opened in Terråk in 1804.

Economically, the municipality is shaped by agriculture and forestry. The largest company, Bindalsbruket, employs 130 people and is one of Norway's largest door manufacturers.

structure

The municipality of Bindal is divided into 15 statistical districts called "grunnkrets", whose names generally correspond to the name of the respective main town in the district; Population according to the census of November 3, 2001:

district Surname Residents
0101 Sør-Kjella 202
0102 North Kjella 72
0103 Sør-Vestrand 30th
0104 North Vestrand 111
0105 Røytvoll 27
0106 Skjelsviksjøen 28
0107 Bindal silk 410
0108 Sørfjord 43
0109 Øksningen 104
0110 Terråk 650
0111 Brevik 8th
0112 Sel- og Harangsfjord 55
0113 Åbygda 135
0114 Åbjøra 0
0115 Urvold-Kolsvik 0
  All in all 1,879

coat of arms

Description : "In blue, six golden nails with the tips to the center of the shield facing the wheel ".

Personalities

The well-known Norwegian polar explorer Otto Sverdrup was born in the municipality of Bindal.

Web links

Commons : Bindal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning
  2. ↑ Statistics Norway: 2001 census table (PDF; 171 kB)
  3. ↑ Statistics Norway: Map for the subdivision of the municipality (PDF; 473 kB)