Terråk is a village and the administrative centre

Administrative centre

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 of the municipality of Bindal

Bindal

Bindal is a municipality in the Helgeland region in the extreme southwest part of Nordland county, Norway. The administrative centre is the village of Terråk...

 in Nordland

Nordland

is a county in Norway in the North Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Nord-Trøndelag in the south, Norrbottens län in Sweden to the east, Västerbottens län to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. The county administration is...

 county, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. The village is located in the eastern part of the municipality, along the shore of the Sørfjorden arm of the Bindalsfjorden

Bindalsfjorden

Bindalsfjorden is a fjord in the southern part of Nordland county, Norway. The fjord is mostly located in the municipality of Bindal with a small part in neighboring Sømna municipality. The long fjord begins near the villages of Terråk and Vassås where the Sørfjorden and Tosenfjorden join together...

. The nearby Vassås Bridge

Vassås Bridge

Vassås Bridge is a cantilever bridge that crosses the Osan fjord in the municipality of Bindal in Nordland county, Norway. The bridge connects the villages of Vassås and Terråk. Vassås Bridge was opened in 1980 and is long with a main span of .-See also:...

 connects Terråk to the village of Vassås

Vassås

Vassås is a small village in the municipality of Bindal 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. The village of Åbygda lies about to the southeast. This is...

 just to the north.

The 0.71 square kilometres (175.4 acre) village has a population (2011) of 566. The population density

Population density

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 is 797 PD/km2. Terråk is the commercial center for the municipality. Boat building

Boat building

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 has been historically important in the area, which is why the village hosts the annual Nordland boat regatta

Regatta

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.