Nesna (Norway)

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Information for Authority record
Name (Latin)
Nesna (Norway)
Coordinates
13.01825 13.01825 66.19811111 66.19811111 (gooearth )
Associated country
Norway
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 252071295
Wikidata: Q11991182
Library of congress: n 2002039117
Sources of Information
  • Jenssen, Øyvind. Nesna bygdebok, 1996-1998:t.p. (Nesna)
  • Internet, GEOnet, 07-25-02:(Nesna, PPL, 66p0s12ʹN, 13p0s02ʹE, Nordland, Norway)
Wikipedia description:

Nesna is the administrative centre of Nesna Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on a peninsula on the mainland of Norway, along the Nesnakroken strait, just north of the Ranfjorden and south of the Sjona fjord. The Norwegian County Road 17 crosses the Ranfjorden on a ferry which docks in the village before heading north along the coastline. Nesna has regular ferry connections to the nearby islands of Handnesøya, Hugla, and Tomma. The 1.08-square-kilometre (270-acre) village has a population (2023) of 1,346 and a population density of 1,246 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,230/sq mi). Nesna Church is located in the village, and the village is also host to a campus of Nord University.

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