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Bodø is the seat of Nordland county in Norway. With more than 50 000 inhabitants, it is the second largest city in Northern Norway, on a peninsula facing the open sea, and infamously windy.
It is a gateway to the Arctic, being the northern end station of the Norwegian railway network (except the short connection from Narvik to Sweden), and an important ferry station.
Fauske (Norwegian) or Fuossko (Lule Sami) is a municipality located in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. The administrative center of the municipality is the town of Fauske. Some of the villages in Fauske include Nystad, Venset, Straumsnes, and Sulitjelma.
The municipality borders Sweden in the east and the municipalities of Sørfold to the north, Bodø to the west, and Saltdal to the southeast. The town is located on the northern shore of Skjerstad Fjord.
The 1,197-square-kilometre (462 sq mi) municipality is the 90th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Fauske is the 114th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 9,739. The municipality's population density is 8.8 inhabitants per square kilometer (23/sq mi) and its population has increased by 2% over the previous 10-year period.