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Place details
- Locality
- Bodø
- Region
- Nordland
- Country
- Norge
- Population
- 34,073
- Timezone
- Europe/Oslo
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Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- Region
- Northern Norway
- County
- Nordland
- District
- Salten
- Municipality
- Bodø Municipality
- Total
- 14.91 km (5.76 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 4 m (13 ft)
- Density
- 2,873/km (7,440/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Bodøværing
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Post code
- 8006 Bodø
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Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- bodøværing
- Population
- 43504
- Area
- 14.17
- Elevation
- 5
- Image
- Bodø 2006.jpg
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- Commons category
- Bodø (city)
- inception
- 1816-01-01
- native label
- Bodø
- P12749
- Ivan Ukhov
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Bodø ( pronounced [ˈbûːdøː] , ; Pite Sami: Buvvda; Lule Sami: Bådåddjo) is a town in Bodø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of both the Bodø Municipality and Nordland county. It is located on the Bodø peninsula between the Vestfjorden and the Saltfjorden. Bodø is located just north of the Arctic Circle. It is the largest urban area and town in Nordland county and the second-largest town in Northern Norway.
The 14.91-square-kilometre (3,680-acre) town has a population of 42,831 as of 2023 and a population density of 2,873 inhabitants per square kilometre (7,440/sq mi).