Vassås Church
Vassås Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bindal Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vassås. It is one of the two churches for the Bindal parish which is part of the Sør-Helgeland prosti in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Francis Bull, Public domain.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: church in Bindal, Norway
- Also known as: “Bindal”, “Bindalen”, “Bindalseidet”, “Vassaas”, “Vassas”, and “Vassås”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kvernhusfossen kraftverk.
Kvernhusfossen kraftverk
Power station
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kvernhusfossen kraftverk is a power station, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Vassås Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Terråk and Åbygda.
Terråk
Village
Photo: Magnunor, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Terråk is the administrative centre of Bindal Municipality in Nordland country, Norway. The village is located in the eastern part of the municipality, along the shore of the Sørfjorden arm of the Bindalsfjorden. Terråk is situated 2½ km southwest of Vassås Church.
Åbygda
Hamlet
Photo: Magnunor, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Åbygda is a village in Bindal Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located along the river Åbjøra, about 10 kilometres southeast of the villages of Vassås and Terråk. Åbygda is situated 7 km southeast of Vassås Church.
Vassås Church
- Categories: cultural property, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Bindal, Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
65.09788° or 65° 5′ 52″ northLongitude
12.42174° or 12° 25′ 18″ eastElevation
78 metres (256 feet)Inception
1734Operator
Bindal soknerådOpen location code
9FQJ3CXC+5MOpenStreetMap ID
way 353924469OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheran
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Vassås Church” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Vassås Kirke”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه فاسوس”
- Finnish: “Vassåsin kirkko”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vassås kirke”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vassås kirkested”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vassås kyrkje”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vassås kirke”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vassås kyrkje i Bindal”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vassås kyrkje”
- Norwegian: “Vassås kirke”
- Swedish: “Vassås kyrka”
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