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Bindal

Bindal is a municipality in the Helgeland

Helgeland

Helgeland is the most southerly districts of Norway in North Norway. Generally speaking, Helgeland refers to the part of Nordland county that is located south of the Arctic circle....
region

Districts of Norway

Norway is divided into a number of districts. Many districts have deep historical roots, and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties of Norway and municipalities of Norway....
in the extreme southwest part of Nordland

Nordland

is a Counties of Norway in Norway, bordering Troms in the north, Nord-Tr?ndelag in the south, Norrbottens l?n in Sweden to the east, V?sterbottens l?n to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west....
county

Counties of Norway

||-||}Norway is divided into 19 subnational, called county . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 431 Municipalities of Norway ....
, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
. Bindal borders four municipalities in Nord-Trøndelag

Nord-Trøndelag

is a Counties of Norway in the central Norway regions of Norway called Tr?ndelag....
: Høylandet

Høylandet

H?ylandet is a Municipalities of Norway in Nord-Tr?ndelag Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen Districts of Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of H?ylandet....
and Nærøy

Nærøy

N?r?y is a Municipalities of Norway in Nord-Tr?ndelag Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen Districts of Norway. Norway's smallest List of cities in Norway, Kolvereid is the administration centre of the municipality....
in the south, Namsskogan

Namsskogan

Namsskogan is a Municipalities of Norway in Nord-Tr?ndelag Counties of Norway, Norway. Namsskogan is located in the upper part of the long Namdalen valley Districts of Norway....
in the southeast, and Leka

Leka, Norway

Leka is a Municipalities of Norway in Nord-Tr?ndelag Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen Districts of Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Leka....
in the west. Bindal also has borders with the Nordland municipalities of Sømna

Sømna

S?mna is a Municipalities of Norway in Nordland Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland Districts of Norway. The administrative center of S?mna is the village of Vik, S?mna ....
, Brønnøy

Brønnøy

Br?nn?y is a Municipalities of Norway in Nordland Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland Districts of Norway. The administrative and commercial centre is Br?nn?ysund....
, and Grane

Grane

is a Municipalities of Norway in Nordland Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland Districts of Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Trofors....
.

In 1838, the parish

Parish

A parish is a local church; it is an administrative unit typically found in Roman Catholic, Anglican, United Methodist, and Presbyterianism churches....
of Bindal was split into two municipalities (see formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskaps-distrikt was the name for a Norway local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Charles XIV John of Sweden on 14 January 1837....
) because the parish included land in both the counties of Nord-Trøndelag

Nord-Trøndelag

is a Counties of Norway in the central Norway regions of Norway called Tr?ndelag....
and Nordland.

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Bindal is a municipality in the Helgeland

Helgeland

Helgeland is the most southerly districts of Norway in North Norway. Generally speaking, Helgeland refers to the part of Nordland county that is located south of the Arctic circle....
region

Districts of Norway

Nordland

Counties of Norway

||-||}Norway is divided into 19 subnational, called county . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 431 Municipalities of Norway ....
, Norway

Norway

Nord-Trøndelag

is a Counties of Norway in the central Norway regions of Norway called Tr?ndelag....
: Høylandet

Høylandet

Nærøy

Namsskogan

Leka, Norway

Sømna

Brønnøy

Grane

Parish

Formannskapsdistrikt

Nord-Trøndelag

is a Counties of Norway in the central Norway regions of Norway called Tr?ndelag....
and Nordland. The new law required that municipalities be located only in one county, so the parish was divided into two parts: Nordbindalen

Nordbindalen

Nordbindalen is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway.The parish of Bindal had to be divided in two municipalities January 1, 1838 , because it was split between the counties of Nordland and Nord-Tr?ndelag....
and Sørbindalen

Sørbindalen

S?rbindalen is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway.The parish of Bindal had to be divided in two municipalities January 1, 1838 , because the parish was split between the counties of Nordland and Nord-Tr?ndelag....
. In 1852, was the county border was moved south to its current position and the municipalities of Nordbindalen and Sørbindalen were merged back together.

General information

Name

The Old Norse

Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
form of the name was Birnudalr. The first element is the genitive case

Genitive case

In grammar, the genitive case or possessive case is the grammatical case that marks a noun as modifying another noun. It often marks a noun as being the possessor of another noun but it can also indicate various relationships other than possession; certain verbs may take argument in the genitive case; and it may have adverbial uses ....
of the river name Birna (now Åbjøra

Åbjøra

----?bj?ra is a river in Bindal municipality in Nordland county. It runs from ?bj?rvatnet and through ?bygda. It ends in the fjord, not far from the village of Terr?k. It is a small river but good for fishing for salmon or seatrout....
) and the last element is dalr which means "valley

Valley

In geology, a valley is a Depression with predominant extent in one direction. A very deep river valley may be called a canyon or gorge....
" or "dale". The river name is derived from the word birna which means "(female) bear

Bear

Bears are mammals of the family Ursidae. Bears are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans, with the pinnipeds being their closest living relatives....
".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms

Coat of arms

A coat of arms, more properly called an armorial achievement, armorial bearings or often just arms for short, in European tradition, is a design belonging to a particular person and used by them in a wide variety of ways....
is from modern times (1990). The arms show six rivet

Rivet

A rivet is a permanent mechanical fastener. Before it is installed it consists of a smooth cylinder shaft with a head on one end. The end opposite the head is called the buck-tail....
s to represent the boat building

Boat building

Boat building, one of the oldest branches of engineering, is concerned with constructing the hull of boats and, for sailboats, the mast s, spars and rigging....
in the municipality.

Geography

From the coast, the municipality reaches into the mountains toward the Majavatn

Majavatn

Majavatn is a village in Grane municipality in Nordland, Norway, located on the eastern shore of the lake Store Majavatnet. European route E6 and Nordlandsbanen pass through Majavatn....
lake. The tallest mountain is Heilhornet at 1,058 meters high.

Economy

The most important industries in Bindal are farming

Agriculture

Agriculture refers to the production of food and goods through farming and forestry. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of civilization, with the animal husbandry of domestication animals and plants creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more Population density and Social stratification societies....
and forestry

Forestry

Forestry is the art and science of managing forests, tree plantations, and related natural resources. Silviculture, a related science, involves the growing and tending of trees and forests....
. The largest secondary industry is the door manufacturer, Bindalsbruket, with about 130 employees. Bindal has a traditional boat-building industry and Nordland boats are still manufactured.

Culture

Boat races for Nordland boats are have been held annually since 1978 in the main village of Terråk

Terråk

Terr?k is the administrative centre of Bindal municipality, Norway. Its population is 623. Terr?k is the center of 94% of the trade-revenue in the region, as well as hosting the annual Terr?k Regatta....
during the last weekend of June.

Education

Barak has five schools; three of them are classified as independent and therefore not administered by the municipality.

Terråk skole in Terråk is a 1st-10th grade school and the largest in Bindal with 100 students attending it.
Harangsfjord skole in Harangsfjord is a local 1st-7th grade school with only six students.
Kjella friskole, one of the independent schools, is located in Sørhorsfjord. It is a 1st-10th grade school and has 56 students.
Åbygda friskole, another independent school is located in Terråk. It is a 1st-7th grade school with 18 students.
Bindalseidet friskole is an independent school located in Bindalseidet. It is a 1st-10th grade school with 70 students.

Bindal

General information

Name

Coat-of-arms

Geography

Economy

Culture

Education

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