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Encyclopedia > Andøy
Andøy kommune
Image:Norwaymap_andoy.png
County Nordland
Landscape Vesterålen
Municipality NO-1871
Administrative centre Andenes
Mayor (2005) Jonni Helge Solsvik (H)
Official language form Neutral
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Percentage		 Ranked 169
656 km²
616 km²
0.20 %
Population
 - Total (2004)
 - Percentage
 - Change (10 years)
 - Density		 Ranked 182
5,430
0.12 %
-13.4 %
9/km²
Coordinates 69°5′ N 15°45′ E (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=69_5_N_15_45_E_type:adm2nd_region:NO-1871)
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Data from Statistics Norway (http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/1871) Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke, until 1918 known as amter, singular - amt), and 433 municipalities (kommuner). ... Nordland is a county in Norway, bordering Troms and Nord-Trøndelag. ... Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 433 municipalities (kommuner). ... The ISO 3166-2 codes for Norway describe 19 counties (fylke). ... Andenes is a small town in the the municipality Andøy in the county of Nordland, Norway, and had 5,549 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... Høyre - Norwegian Conservative Party The Conservative Party (norwegian Høyre, H, meaning right) is a Norwegian right-wing party. ... Norwegian is a Germanic language spoken in Norway. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... In the most common sense of the word, a population is the collection of people—or organisms of a particular species—living in a given geographic area. ... Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which...

Andøy is a municipality located in the county of Nordland, Norway. It is the northernmost island in the archipelago of Vesterålen - 300 km north of the Arctic Circle. Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 433 municipalities (kommuner). ... Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke, until 1918 known as amter, singular - amt), and 433 municipalities (kommuner). ... Nordland is a county in Norway, bordering Troms and Nord-Trøndelag. ... The Kingdom of Norway is a Nordic country on the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, bordering Sweden, Finland and Russia, with territorial waters bordering Danish and British waters. ... Arctic Circle - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...


History

The town of Andenes has been an important fishing village since the iron age, and today it is the starting point of whale safaris to see the sperm whales off the island that migrate here in the Summer. Andenes is a small town in the the municipality Andøy in the county of Nordland, Norway, and had 5,549 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... Iron Age Axe found on Gotland This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age, for the mythological Iron Age see Iron Age (mythology). ... Genera Kogia Physeter The sperm whale family or simply the sperm whales is the collective name given to three species of whale, the Sperm Whale, the Pygmy Sperm Whale and the Dwarf Sperm Whale. ...


Geography

The birdcliffs of Bleiksøya, directly on the Atlantic, are spectacular. The mid section of the island consists of marshes, known for their arctic cloudberries. The island is also the only place in continental Norway where coal and remnants from dinosaurs are to be found. The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one_fifth of its surface. ... This article is about marsh, a type of wetland. ... Binomial name Rubus chamaemorus The cloudberry is a species of slow-growing bramble, Rubus chamaemorus L.; producing tasty fruit. ... Coal Coal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground either by underground mining, open-pit mining or strip mining. ... Orders Saurischia    Sauropodomorpha    Theropoda Ornithischia Dinosaurs are giant reptiles that dominated the terrestrial ecosystem for most of their 165-million year existence. ...



Municipalities of Nordland

Alstahaug | Andøy | Ballangen | Beiarn | Bindal | Bodø | Brønnøy | Bø | Dønna | Evenes | Fauske | Flakstad | Gildeskål | Grane | Hadsel | Hamarøy | Hattfjelldal | Hemnes | Herøy | Leirfjord | Lurøy | Lødingen | Meløy | Moskenes | Narvik | Nesna | Rana | Rødøy | Røst | Saltdal | Sortland | Steigen | Sømna | Sørfold | Tjeldsund | Træna | Tysfjord | Vefsn | Vega | Vestvågøy | Vevelstad | Vågan | Værøy | Øksnes Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 433 municipalities (kommuner). ... Nordland is a county in Norway, bordering Troms and Nord-Trøndelag. ... The municipality Alstahaug in the county of Norway, has 7,434 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... The municipality Ballangen in the county of Norway, has 2,679 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... The municipality Beiarn in the county of Nordland, Norway, has 1,257 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... The municipality Bindal in the county of Nordland, Norway, has 1,867 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... The municipality Evenes in the county of Nordland, Norway, has 1,508 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... Fauske is a municipality located in the county of Nordland, Norway, has 9,627 inhabitants as of January 1, 2004. ... Flakstad is a municipality in the county of Nordland, Norway. ... Grane is also a communes of the Drôme département in France. ... Hadsel is a municipality in the county of Nordland, Norway. ... The municipality Hattfjelldal in the county of Nordland, Norway, has 1,603 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... The municipality Hemnes in the county of Nordland, Norway, has 4,580 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... The municipality Leirfjord in the county of Nordland, Norway, has 2,200 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... The municipality Moskenes in the county of Nordland, Norway, has 1,282 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... Narvik is a town in the county of Nordland, Norway. ... The municipality Nesna in the county of Nordland, Norway, has 1,855 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... The municipality Rana in the county of Nordland, Norway, and has 25,350 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... The municipality Saltdal in the county of Nordland, Norway, has 4,863 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... The municipality Sortland in the county of Nordland, Norway, has 9,509 inhabitants as of January 1, 2004. ... The municipality Steigen in the county of Nordland, Norway, has 2,863 inhabitants as of January 1, 2004. ... The municipality Tjeldsund in the county of Nordland, Norway, has 1,477 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... The municipality Tysfjord in the county of Nordland, Norway, has 2,283 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... The municipality Vefsn in the county of Nordland, Norway, has 13,456 inhabitants as of January 1, 2003. ... The municipality Vega in the county of Nordland, Norway, had 1,392 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... The municipality Vevelstad in the county of Nordland, Norway, has 520 inhabitants as of October 1, 2004. ...


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