Lekanger

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Lekanger
Lekanger (Norway)
Coordinates: 67°06′44″N14°02′14″E / 67.11222°N 14.03722°E / 67.11222; 14.03722 Coordinates: 67°06′44″N14°02′14″E / 67.11222°N 14.03722°E / 67.11222; 14.03722
Country Norway
Region Northern Norway
County Nordland
District Salten
Municipality Gildeskål
Elevation [1] 18 m (59 ft)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code8130 Sandhornøy

Lekanger is a village in the municipality of Gildeskål in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on the western side of the island of Sandhornøya, south of the villages of Mårnes and Våg. Nordstranda Chapel is located in the village.

Gildeskål Municipality in Nordland, Norway

Gildeskål is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Bodø Region and the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Inndyr. Other villages include Forstranda, Lekanger, Mevik, Mårnes, Nygårdsjøen, Saura, Storvika, Sør-Arnøy, Sørfinnset, and Våg.

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.

Norway constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe whose territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula; the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard are also part of the Kingdom of Norway. The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land.

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References

  1. "Lekanger" (in Norwegian). yr.no . Retrieved 2012-03-02.