Village in Andøy Municipality, Norway
Village in Northern Norway, Norway
Å[2] is a village in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway The village is located on the east coast of the island of Andøya along the Andfjorden. The village of Dverberg lies about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) to the north and the village of Åse lies about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to the south. Its sign is often replaced due to people stealing it for novelty purposes.
Name
The village (originally a farm) was first mentioned in 1567 ("Aa"). The name is from the Old Norse word á, which means "(small) river".[3]
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