page_title: Gildeskål
section_title: Churches
hierarchical_section_title: Gildeskål / General information / Churches
context_page_description: Gildeskål is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Bodø Region and the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Inndyr. Other villages include Forstranda, Lekanger, Mevik, Mårnes, Nygårdsjøen, Saura, Storvika, Sør-Arnøy, Sørfinnset, and Våg.
  The 665-square-kilometre municipality is the 170th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Gildeskål is the 285th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,950. The municipality's population density is 3.1 inhabitants per square kilometre and its population has decreased by 2.3% over the previous 10-year period.
context_section_description: The Church of Norway has one parish (sokn) within the municipality of Gildeskål. It is part of the Bodø domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.
caption: The 900-year-old Old Gildeskål Church
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