Official Name: | Røsvika |
Other Name: | Røsvik |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Nordland#Norway |
Pushpin Label: | Røsvika |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Nordland |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Salten |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Sørfold Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.52 |
Population As Of: | 2007 |
Population Total: | 209 |
Population Density Km2: | 402 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 8220 Røsvik |
Coordinates: | 67.4781°N 15.4617°W |
Elevation M: | 7 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Røsvika[2] is a village in Sørfold Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located along the southern shore of the Sørfolda fjord, about north of the municipal centre of Straumen.[3]
The 0.52km2 village had a population (2007) of 209 and a population density of . Since 2007, the population and area data for this village area has not been separately tracked by Statistics Norway.[4] The village is home to a nursing home, a psychiatric hospital, and Røsvik Church. It is now also home to YWAM Nordland.