Vassås
is a small village in
Bindal Municipality
Bindal is a municipality in the Helgeland region in the extreme southwest part of Nordland county, Norway. The administrative centre is the village of Terråk. Other villages include Bindalseidet, Holm, Vassås, Horsfjord and Åbygda.
The ...
in
Nordland
Nordland (; , , , ) is one of the three northernmost Counties of Norway, counties in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to t ...
county,
Norway
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. It is located along the Tosen arm of the
Bindalsfjorden
Bindalsfjorden is a fjord in the southern part of Nordland county, Norway. The fjord is mostly located in Bindal Municipality
Bindal is a municipality in the Helgeland region in the extreme southwest part of Nordland county, Norway. The admini ...
, just north of the
Vassås Bridge which connects the village to the larger village of
Terråk
Terråk is the administrative centre of Bindal Municipality in Nordland country, Norway. The village is located in the eastern part of the municipality, along the shore of the Sørfjorden arm of the Bindalsfjorden. The nearby Vassås Bridge conn ...
. The village of
Ã…bygda
Åbygda is a village in Bindal Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located along the river Åbjøra, about southeast of the villages of Vassås and Terråk.
Ã…bygda is the birthplace of Otto Sverdrup, a polar explorer, w ...
lies about to the southeast. This is also the site of
Vassås Church, the parish church for this part of Bindal.
References
Villages in Nordland
Bindal
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