page_title: Bodø (town)
section_title: Institutions
hierarchical_section_title: Bodø (town) / Institutions
caption_attribution_description: English: University of Nordland Norsk bokmål: Universitetet i Nordland
context_page_description: Bodø is a town in Bodø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of Bodø Municipality and of Nordland county. It is located on the Bodø peninsula between the Vestfjorden and the Saltfjorden. Bodø is located just north of the Arctic Circle. It is the largest urban area and town in Nordland county and it is the second-largest town in North Norway.
  The 14.16-square-kilometre town has a population of 41,215 and a population density of 2,911 inhabitants per square kilometre.
context_section_description: The main campus of Nord University is located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) outside the city centre. Twelve thousand undergraduate and graduate students study at the university.
  Bodø is the location of the only police academy in Norway outside Oslo. The Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority is situated in Bodø, as is the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre of Northern Norway. The Norwegian Armed Forces headquarters for North Norway is located at Reitan, east of the city. SB Nordlandsbuss has its headquarters in Bodø, as does Bodø Energi and Nordlandsbanken.
  The largest shopping centre in Nordland, City Nord, is located in Bodø.
caption: Nord University. Photo:Lars Røed Hansen
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