Official Name: | Gimsøysand |
Other Name: | Gimsøy |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Nordland#Norway |
Pushpin Label: | Gimsøysand |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Nordland |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Lofoten |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Vågan Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 8314 Gimsøysand |
Coordinates: | 68.3206°N 14.2411°W |
Elevation M: | 0.5 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Gimsøysand[2] or Gimsøy is a village in Vågan Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on the northeastern shore of the island of Gimsøya, southeast of the villages of Saupstad and Vinje.
Gimsøy Church is located in the village. The church is built of wood. It was consecrated on 18 October 1876 and has 300 seats. The church was repaired after storms in 1887 and 1906, and also repaired in 1954–55.
The village was the administrative centre of the old Gimsøy Municipality which existed from 1856 until 1964.[3]