Vassås is a small village in the municipality of Bindal

Bindal

Bindal is a municipality in the Helgeland region in the extreme southwest part of Nordland county, Norway. The administrative centre is the village of Terråk...

 in Nordland

Nordland

is a county in Norway in the North Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Nord-Trøndelag in the south, Norrbottens län in Sweden to the east, Västerbottens län to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. The county administration is...

 county, 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...

. It is located along the Tosen arm of the Bindalsfjorden

Bindalsfjorden

Bindalsfjorden is a fjord in the southern part of Nordland county, Norway. The fjord is mostly located in the municipality of Bindal with a small part in neighboring Sømna municipality. The long fjord begins near the villages of Terråk and Vassås where the Sørfjorden and Tosenfjorden join together...

, just north of the Vassås Bridge

Vassås Bridge

Vassås Bridge is a cantilever bridge that crosses the Osan fjord in the municipality of Bindal in Nordland county, Norway. The bridge connects the villages of Vassås and Terråk. Vassås Bridge was opened in 1980 and is long with a main span of .-See also:...

 which connects the village to the larger village of Terråk

Terråk

Terråk is a village and the administrative centre of the municipality of Bindal in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located in the eastern part of the municipality, along the shore of the Sørfjorden arm of the Bindalsfjorden. The nearby Vassås Bridge connects Terråk to the village of...

. The village of Åbygda

Åbygda

Åbygda is a village in the municipality of Bindal in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located along the river Åbjøra, about southeast of Vassås and Terråk....

 lies about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the southeast. This is also the site of Vassås Church

Vassås Church

Vassås Church is a parish church in the municipality of Bindal in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vassås. The church is part of the Vassås parish in the Sør-Helgeland deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. There has been a church at this site for centuries. The...

, the main church for this part of Bindal.