Vassås
Vassås is a small village in Bindal Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located along the Tosen arm of the Bindalsfjorden, just north of the Vassås Bridge which connects the village to the larger village of Terråk.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Bindal, Norway
- Also known as: “Vassas”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vassås Church and Kvernhusfossen kraftverk.
Vassås Church
Church
Photo: Francis Bull, Public domain.
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.
Kvernhusfossen kraftverk
Power station
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kvernhusfossen kraftverk is a power station, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Vassås.
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.
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.
Vassås
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Bindal, Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
65.09613° or 65° 5′ 46″ northLongitude
12.40725° or 12° 24′ 26″ eastOpen location code
9FQJ3CW4+FWOpenStreetMap ID
node 9895633875OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
9537162Wikidata ID
Q7916981
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Persian—“Vassås” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Vassås”
- Danish: “Vassås”
- Dutch: “Vassås”
- French: “Vassås”
- Irish: “Vassås”
- Javanese: “Vassås”
- Malay: “Vassås”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vassås”
- Norwegian: “Vassås”
- Persian: “وسس”
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