Gimsøysand or Gimsøy is a village in Vågan Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on the northeastern shore of the island of Gimsøya, southeast of the villages of Saupstad and Vinje.

Gimsøy Gimsøysand
Village
Gimsøy Location in Nordland Show map of Nordland Gimsøy Gimsøy (Norway) Show map of Norway
Coordinates: 68°19′14″N 14°14′28″E
Country	Norway
Region	Northern Norway
County	Nordland
District	Lofoten
Municipality	Vågan Municipality
Elevation [1]	0.5 m (1.6 ft)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	8314 Gimsøysand

Gimsøy Church is located in the village. The church is built of wood. It was consecrated on 18 October 1876 and has 300 seats. The church was repaired after storms in 1887 and 1906, and also repaired in 1954–55.

The village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Gimsøy which existed from 1856 until 1964.[2]

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