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Sandnessjøen
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Sandnessjøen
Total population
6,110
Coordinates66.02°, 12.63°
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Overview
Sandnessjøen is a town and the administrative centre of Alstahaug Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Sandnessjøen was granted special trading privileges in the late 1600s, but it did not receive town status until 1999. Sandnessjøen is located on the west coast of the island of Alsta, just west of the De syv søstre mountain range.
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Geography
Latitude
66.0215
Longitude
12.6317
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image