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Orne Department of France

Orne is a department in the northwest of France, named after the river Orne.

Meløy Municipality in Nordland, Norway

Meløy is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Salten traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ørnes. Other villages include Eidbukta, Neverdal, Glomfjord, Halsa, Reipå, Støtt, and Ågskardet.

<i>Avisa Nordland</i> newspaper published in Bodø, Norway

Avisa Nordland is a local newspaper published in Bodø, Norway.

Amayé-sur-Orne Commune in Normandy, France

Amayé-sur-Orne is a French commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of northwestern France.

Blainville-sur-Orne Commune in Normandy, France

Blainville-sur-Orne is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Fleury-sur-Orne Commune in Normandy, France

Fleury-sur-Orne is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Orne (river) river in France

The Orne is a river in Normandy, within northwestern France. It discharges into the English Channel at the port of Ouistreham. Its source is in Aunou-sur-Orne, east of Sées. Its main tributaries are the Odon and the Rouvre.

Ørnes Village in Northern Norway, Norway

Ørnes is the administrative centre of the municipality of Meløy in Nordland county, Norway. The old village is mentioned in documents dating from 1610 when a tenant farmer lived here. It is located along Norwegian County Road 17, about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of the village of Reipå and about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of the village of Eidbukta. The island of Mesøya lies just west of the village. Ørnes is a port of call along the Hurtigruten ferry route between Nesna and Bodø. The newspapers Framtia and Meløyavisa are published in Ørnes.

Hafslo Former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Hafslo is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The 538-square-kilometre (208 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1963. It is located in the present-day Luster Municipality in the traditional district of Sogn. The former municipality included the villages of Kinsedalen, Ornes, and Kroken on the east side of the Lustrafjorden. It also included the villages of Solvorn, Hafslo, Joranger, and the whole Veitastrond valley on the west side of the Lustrafjorden. The municipality surrounded the lakes Hafslovatnet and Veitastrondvatnet. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Hafslo, where Hafslo Church was located.

Lysvatnet (Meløy) lake in Meløy, Norway

Lysvatnet is a lake that lies in the municipality of Meløy in Nordland county, Norway. The 4.53-square-kilometre (1.75 sq mi) is located near the border with Gildeskål Municipality, about 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) east of the municipal centre of Ørnes. The lake Markavatnet lies about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the west of this lake.

Markavatnet (Meløy) lake in Meløy, Norway

Markavatnet or Markvatnet is a lake that lies in the municipality of Meløy in Nordland county, Norway. The 2.28-square-kilometre (0.88 sq mi) lake is located about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of the village of Reipå and the same distance north of the municipal centre of Ørnes. The lake Lysvatnet lies about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the east of Markavatnet.

Unkervatnet lake in Hattfjelldal, Norway

Unkervatnet (Norwegian) or Åanghkejaevrie (Southern Sami) is a lake in the municipality of Hattfjelldal in Nordland county, Norway. It is a good lake for fishing lake trout and Arctic char both during summer and winter. The river flowing into the lake from the east is called Skarmodalselva, and the outflowing river is called Unkerelva. For tourists, there are two places available by the shoreside: Ørnes camping at the eastern end of the lake, and Tjolmen, situated on the north side of the lake's middle. The road from the village of Hattfjelldal to the village of Dikanäs in Sweden runs along the north side of the lake.

Aunou-sur-Orne Commune in Normandy, France

Aunou-sur-Orne is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.

Congé-sur-Orne Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Congé-sur-Orne is a commune in the Sarthe department in the Pays de la Loire region in north-western France.

Orne Harbor cove

Orne Harbor is a cove one mile wide, indenting the west coast of Graham Land two miles southwest of Cape Anna along the Danco Coast on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache in 1898. The name Orne Harbor was probably in use by Norwegian whalers, because it was used by Scottish geologist David Ferguson following his geologic reconnaissance of this area aboard the whaler Hanka in 1913.

Meløya island in Meløy, Norway

Meløya is an island in the municipality of Meløy in Nordland county, Norway. The island lies east of the island of Bolga, north of the island of Åmøya, and west of the island of Mesøya. The 21.8-square-kilometre (8.4 sq mi) island is only accessible by boat, and there are regular ferry connections to the nearby villages of Bolga, Støtt, Vassdalsvik, and Ørnes. The island has a population (2017) of 215.

Ørnes Church Church in Nordland, Norway

Ørnes Church is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Meløy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ørnes. It is an annex chapel in the Fore og Meløy parish which is part of the Bodø domprosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden chapel was built in a long church style in 1990. The chapel seats about 300 people.

Ornes, Vestland Village in Western Norway, Norway

Ornes or Urnes is a village in Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on a small peninsula that juts out into the Lustrafjorden, the innermost part of the Sognefjorden. The village sits on the east side of the fjord, directly across the fjord from the village of Solvorn. Ornes is notable because it is the site of the 12th century Urnes Stave Church.

Solvorn Village in Western Norway, Norway

Solvorn is a village in Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the western shore of the Lustrafjorden, the innermost part of the Sognefjorden. The village sits directly across the fjord from the village of Ornes, where the famous 12th-century Urnes Stave Church is located. The village of Hafslo lies about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the northwest.

Bagnoles-de-lOrne-Normandie Commune in Normandy, France

Bagnoles-de-l'Orne-Normandie is a commune in the department of Orne, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Bagnoles-de-l'Orne and Saint-Michel-des-Andaines.