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Auvåg
Auvåg is a village in Bø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located in the southeast part of the municipality along the western mouth of Jørnfjorden on the island of Langøya Langøya is the third largest island of Norway (outside of Svalbard), with an area of . The island is a part of the Vesterålen archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. The island includes Bø Municipality and Øksnes Municipality as well as pa .... It has road connections to the rest of the municipality via County Road 909, which terminates in Auvåg. References External linksAuvåg at Norgeskart {{DEFAULTSORT:Auvaag Bø, Nordland Villages in Nordland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian County Road 909
County Road 909 () is a road in Bø Municipality in Nordland County, Norway. The road branches off from County Road 901 at Pollåsen and runs east until it terminates in reaches the village of Auvåg on the western shore of Jørnfjord. Along the way, the local roads to Ringstadåsan and Ringstad branch off to the north and south, respectively, at ''Ringstadkrysset'' (the Ringstad junction). East of the junction the road is also named ''Pollveien'' (Poll Road), and to the west it is also named ''Auvågveien'' (Auvåg Road). References External linksStatens vegvesen – trafikkmeldinger Fv909 (Traffic Information: County Road 909) {{authority control 909 __NOTOC__ Year 909 ( CMIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Britain * King Edward the Elder and his sister, Princess Æthelflæd of Mercia, raid Danish East Anglia and bring back the relics o ... Bø, Nordland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørnfjorden
Jørnfjorden is a fjord in Bø Municipality (Nordland), Bø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The long fjord is an arm of Eidsfjorden (Nordland), Eidsfjorden, cutting into the large island of Langøya in the Vesterålen archipelago. The inlet to the ford lies between the villages of Straumsnes, Bø, Straumsnes to the west and Guvåg to the east. The fjord extends north to the village of Verhalsen. The fjord reaches a depth of just northeast of the small village of Auvåg. The village of Auvåg lies on the west side of the fjord slightly past the inlet, and the village of Røsnes lies on the opposite shore, to the east. Immediately north of Auvåg there are two bays, Nordvåg and Langfjord. A small fjord arm further into the fjord, to the northeast, is named Kvernfjord. It extends inland to a village of the same name. The village of Klakksjorda lies on the other side, along an arm of the fjord named Vestfjord. Norwegian County Road 913, County Road 913 runs along the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a Dependencies of Norway, dependency, and not a part of the Kingdom; Norway also Territorial claims in Antarctica, claims the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. Norway has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Oslo. The country has a total area of . The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden, and is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast. Norway has an extensive coastline facing the Skagerrak strait, the North Atlantic Ocean, and the Barents Sea. The unified kingdom of Norway was established in 872 as a merger of Petty kingdoms of Norway, petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central European Time
Central European Time (CET) is a standard time of Central, and parts of Western Europe, which is one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The UTC offset, time offset from UTC can be written as UTC+01:00. It is used in most parts of Europe and in several African countries. CET is also known as Middle European Time (MET, German: :de:Mitteleuropäische Zeit, MEZ) and by colloquial names such as Amsterdam Time, Berlin Time, Brussels Time, Budapest Time, Madrid Time, Paris Time, Stockholm Time, Rome Time, Prague time, Warsaw Time or Romance Standard Time (RST). The 15th meridian east is the central axis per UTC+01:00 in the world system of time zones. As of 2023, all member state of the European Union, member states of the European Union observe summer time (daylight saving time), from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. States within the CET area switch to Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00) for the summer. The next change to CET is scheduled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langøya
Langøya is the third largest island of Norway (outside of Svalbard), with an area of . The island is a part of the Vesterålen archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. The island includes Bø Municipality and Øksnes Municipality as well as parts of Sortland Municipality and Hadsel Municipality. Geography Langøya is mountainous, with mountains reaching above sea level, the highest is the tall Snykolla. There are also lowland near the coasts around the island, and in some valleys, some of it is bogs. The treeline is around above sea level on Langøya. The total population on the island is about 15,600 and the largest population center is the town of Sortland (population: 5,600) and the next largest population centre is the village of Myre. Langøya has been settled since the stone age. The larger island Hinnøya lies to the east (on the other side of the Sortlandssundet). The island of Andøya lies to the northeast. The small island of Skogsøya lies to the nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement. In the past, villages were a usual form of community for societies that practice subsistence agriculture and also for some non-agricultural societies. In Great Britain, a hamlet earned the right to be called a village when it built a church.-4; we might wonder whether there's a point at which it's appropriate to talk of the beginnings of French, that is, when it wa ... ''village'', from Latin ''villāticus'', ultimately from Latin ''villa'' (English ''vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Mapping Authority
The Norwegian Mapping Authority (NMA) () is Norway's national mapping agency, dealing with land surveying, geodesy Geodesy or geodetics is the science of measuring and representing the Figure of the Earth, geometry, Gravity of Earth, gravity, and Earth's rotation, spatial orientation of the Earth in Relative change, temporally varying Three-dimensional spac ..., hydrographic surveying, cadastre and cartography. The current director is Johnny Welle. Its headquarters are in Hønefoss in Ringerike Municipality. It is a public agency under the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development. NMA was founded in 1773. The Norwegian Mapping Authority participates in research and development and cooperates with Norwegian industry and other government agencies in areas such as export-oriented measures. Tasks The NMA carries out the following tasks: *Define frameworks, methodologies and specifications for the Norwegian Spatial Data Infrastructure *Administrator and drivin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central European Summer Time
Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00) during the other part of the year. It corresponds to UTC+02:00, which makes it the same as Eastern European Time, Central Africa Time, South African Standard Time, Egypt Standard Time and Kaliningrad Time in Russia. Names Other names which have been applied to Central European Summer Time are Middle European Summer Time (MEST), Central European Daylight Saving Time (CEDT), and Bravo Time (after the second letter of the NATO phonetic alphabet). Period of observation Since 1996, European Summer Time has been observed between 01:00 UTC (02:00 CET and 03:00 CEST) on the last Sunday of March, and 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday of October; previously the rules were not uniform across the European Union. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bø Municipality (Nordland)
Bø is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Vesterålen Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Straume, Nordland, Straume which is where municipal administration, a grocery store, and a gasoline station are located. In addition to this, the urban area of Bø, Vesterålen, Bø (including Steine and Vinje), which is the largest urban area in the municipality and it has a grocery, liquor store, swimming pool, movie theater, Bø Church (Nordland), Bø Church, and additional service infrastructure. Other smaller villages include Gimstad, Fjærvoll, Straumsjøen, Skårvågen, Søberg, Malnes, Eidet, Bø, Eidet, Guvåg, Hovden, Nordland, Hovden, Klakksjorda, Nykvåg, Utskor, Ringstad, and Vågen, Nordland, Vågen. The municipality is the 289th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Bø is the 249th most populous municipality in Norway wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Regions Of Norway
Norway is commonly divided into five major geographical regions (). These regions are purely geographical and cultural, and have no administrative purpose. However, in 2017 the government decided to abolish the current counties of Norway () and to replace them with fewer, larger administrative regions (). The first of these new areas came into existence on 1 January 2018, when Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag merged to form Trøndelag. According to most definitions, the counties of Norway are divided into the following regions (these groupings are approximate): * Northern Norway (/) ** Troms **Finnmark ** Nordland * Trøndelag (alt. /) ** Trøndelag * Western Norway () ** Møre og Romsdal **Vestland ** Rogaland * Southern Norway (/) ** Agder * Eastern Norway (/) ** Vestfold ** Telemark **Buskerud ** Akershus ** Østfold ** Innlandet **Oslo The division into regions is, by convention, based on geographical and also dialectical differences, but it also follows the count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Municipalities Of Norway
Municipalities in Norway are the basic unit of local government. Norway is divided into 15 administrative regions, called Counties of Norway, counties. These counties are subdivided into 357 municipality, municipalities (as of 2024). The capital city Oslo is both a county and a municipality. Municipalities are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient Health care, health services, old age, senior citizen services, welfare spending, welfare and other Social work, social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality is governed by a Municipal council (Norway), municipal council of Direct election, directly elected representatives. The mayor is Indirect election, indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council. Law enforcement and Church of Norway, church services are provided at a national level in Norway. Municipalities are undergoing continuous change by dividing, consolidating, and adjusting boundaries. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vesterålen
Vesterålen ( , ; ) is a district and archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. It is located just north of Lofoten and west of Harstad. It is the northernmost part of Nordland county. Sortland is the largest town, situated near the center of the archipelago. Vesterålen includes the municipalities of Andøy, Bø, Hadsel, Sortland, and Øksnes. Name The Old Norse forms of the name were ' and ' (plural). The first element is ' which means "west" and the last element is ' which means "(deep and narrow) sound" or "strait". The name describes the seaway west of the island of Hinnøya. Similarly, the old name of the seaway east of Hinnøya (now called Tjeldsundet) might have been ' (meaning "the eastern sound/strait"). Geography Vesterålen consists of the municipalities of Andøy, Bø, Hadsel, Sortland, and Øksnes. According to some definitions, Lødingen Municipality is also included. Vesterålen is made up of several islands: Langøya, Andøya, Hadseløya, the western part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
