Bindal
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| County | Nordland | |
| District | Helgeland | |
| Municipality | NO-1811 | |
| Administrative centre | Terråk | |
| Mayor (2003) | Magne Paulsen (Ap) | |
| Official language form | Bokmål | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage |
Ranked 76 1,265 km² 1,193 km² 0.39 % |
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| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density |
Ranked 347 1,804 0.04 % -12.1 % 2/km² |
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| www.bindal.kommune.no |
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Bindal is a municipality in the Helgeland district in the extreme southwest of the county of Nordland, Norway. Bindal borders on to four municipalities in Nord-Trøndelag, Høylandet and Nærøy in the south, Namsskogan in the southeast and Leka in the west. Otherwise the Bindal has borders with Sømnøy, Brønnøy and Grane.
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[edit] Geography
From the coast, the municipality reaches into the mountains toward the Majavatn lake. The tallest mountain is the 1,058 m high Heilhornet.
[edit] Economics
The most important industries in Bindal are farming and forestry. 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.
[edit] Culture
Boat races for Nordland boats are arranged annually in the main population centre of Terråk in the last weekend of June. The 2005 race was the 27th one.
[edit] 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 Bindalseidet. 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.
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Alstahaug | Andøy | Ballangen | Beiarn | Bindal | Bodø | Brønnøy | Bø | Dønna | Evenes | Fauske | Flakstad | Gildeskål | Grane | Hadsel | Hamarøy | Hattfjelldal | Hemnes | Herøy | Leirfjord | Lurøy | Lødingen | Meløy | Moskenes | Narvik | Nesna | Rana | Rødøy | Røst | Saltdal | Sortland | Steigen | Sømna | Sørfold | Tjeldsund | Træna | Tysfjord | Vefsn | Vega | Vestvågøy | Vevelstad | Vågan | Værøy | Øksnes |
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