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Barkestad
Sign in to saveBarkestad is a small fishing village in Øksnes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the southwest side of the island of Dyrøya in the Vesterålen archipelago. The village is located about off the west coast of the main island of Langøya. There are regular ferry stops at Barkestad with connections to other nearby islands and to the municipal centre of Myre, located about to the northeast. There are only four residents of the village (in 2017) after many years of population decline. They are the only permanent residents of the whole island.
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- human settlement
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Øksnes
- Elevation
- 8
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- Dyrøya
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Barkestad is a small fishing village in Øksnes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the southwest side of the island of Dyrøya in the Vesterålen archipelago. The village is located about off the west coast of the main island of Langøya. There are regular ferry stops at Barkestad with connections to other nearby islands and to the municipal centre of Myre, located about to the northeast. There are only four residents of the village (in 2017) after many years of population decline. They are the only permanent residents of the whole island.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Barkestad” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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