Sørarnøy is a small island community in Gildeskål

Gildeskål

Gildeskål is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Salten traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Inndyr. Gildeskål was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . Beiarn was separated from Gildeskål in 1853...

 municipality in 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...

, located on the island Sørarnøya west of Mårnes

Marnes

Marnes is the name or part of the name of three communes of France:*Marnes, Deux-Sèvres in the Deux-Sèvres département*Marnes-la-Coquette in the Hauts-de-Seine département*Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes in the Deux-Sèvres département...

. Its population is 205.
There are two islands connected with a bridge, called Sørarnøy and Nordarnøy. These two islands are called among locals "Arnøyene". The closest city to Sørarnøy is Bodø, which can be reached by boat.