Beiarn

Infobox_Kommune
name=Beiarn
county=Nordland
idnumber=1839
landscape=Salten
capital=Moldjord
governor=Frigg Ottar Os ("Beiarn Bygdeliste")
governor_as_of=2005
arearank=81
area=1222
arealand=1181
areapercent=0.38
population_as_of=2004
populationrank=393
population=1,183
populationpercent=0.03
populationdensity=1
populationincrease=-17.9
demonym=Beiarværing
language=Bokmål
lat_deg=66| lat_min=55| lat_sec=2| lon_deg=14| lon_min=40| lon_sec=29
utm_zone=33W| utm_northing=7422202 |utm_easting=0485770| geo_cat=adm2nd

munwebpage=www.beiarn.kommune.no

Beiarn is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Beiarn was separated from Gildeskål in 1853. It is located just north of the Arctic Circle, on the Beiarelva river in Beiardalen (valley), and the area offers many outdoor activities to visitors, including fishing, caving and mountain walking. Beiarn farm museum includes an overview of Beiarn's cultural history, from the Viking age through to the middle of the last century.
The world's most northern naturally occurring elm forest ("Ulmus glabra") grows in Arstadlia nature reserve, where the rich vegetation also includes orchids ( [http://nordland.miljostatus.no/msf_themepage.aspx?m=1529#7532 ] ). Beiarn is part of the Bodø Region, a statistical metropolitan region. Beiarn is one of two Norwegian municipalities that do not have any non-western immigrants as of January 1, 2008. [ [http://www.ssb.no/emner/02/01/10/innvbef/tab-2008-04-29-10.html Tabell 10 Innvandrerbefolkningen, etter vestlig og ikke-vestlig landbakgrunn og kommune. 1. januar 2008. Absolutte tall og prosent] ]

The name

The Norse form of the name was (probably) "*Beðir". The meaning of the name is unknown. (Maybe related to the English word "bed" - in the sense 'riverbed'.)

References

External links

* [http://www.beiarn.kommune.no/ Beiarn municipality (Norwegian)]
* [http://www.wwf.no/core/200407/16edellauvskog.asp Edellauvskog i Norge]
* [http://www.toyen.uio.no/botanisk/nbf/nettflora/Ulmus_glabra.htm Elm in Norway (Norwegian)]
* [http://www.lauvtrebruk.no/exec/8/Alm.html Elm (Norwegian)]
* [http://www.phstrand.com/beiarindex.htm About Tvervik in Beiarn (Norwegian)]