Leinesfjord

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Leinesfjord
Leinesfjorden
Myklebostad
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Leinesfjord
Leinesfjord (Norway)
Coordinates: 67°46′28″N15°00′57″E / 67.77444°N 15.01583°E / 67.77444; 15.01583 Coordinates: 67°46′28″N15°00′57″E / 67.77444°N 15.01583°E / 67.77444; 15.01583
Country Norway
Region Northern Norway
County Nordland
District Salten
Municipality Steigen
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code8283 Leinesfjord

Leinesfjord or Myklebostad is a village and the administrative centre of the municipality of Steigen in Nordland county, Norway. It is located about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west of Nordfold along the Leinesfjorden, the fjord after which the village is named. The local school is located here as well as Leinesfjord Chapel. [1]

An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.

Steigen Municipality in Nordland, Norway

Steigen is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Leinesfjord. Other villages include Bogen, Leines, Nordfold, Nordskot, and Sørskot. Engeløy Airport, Grådussan is located in the northern part of the municipality. Måløy–Skarholmen Lighthouse is located in the Vestfjorden in the western part of the municipality. The only road access to the municipality is via the Steigen Tunnel.

Nordland County (fylke) of Norway

Nordland is a county 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 the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. The county administration is in Bodø. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen has been administered from Nordland since 1995.

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References

  1. Store norske leksikon. "Leinesfjord" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2012-04-26.