Kjerringøy

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Kjerringøy is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The administrative centre was the village Kjerringøy.

It was created when Nordfold-Kjerringøy was split into Kjerringøy and Nordfold on 1 January 1906. At that time Kjerringøy had a population of 857.

On 1 January 1964 Kjerringøy was incorporated into Bodin, its neighboring municipality to the south. The exception was the Brennsund district, which was moved to Steigen. Prior to the merger Kjerringøy had a population of 574. In 1968 Bodin was incorporated into Bodø.

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Coordinates: 67°31′N, 14°46′E