Bindal is a municipality in the Helgeland region in the extreme southwest part of Nordland county, Norway.

However, in 1658, when the county (län) of Trondheim was ceded to Sweden in the Treaty of Roskilde, the status of the border district was ambiguous, with residents paying some taxes to Helgeland, in Nordland, and some to Namdalen.

[9][10] The 1838 formannskapsdistrikt law divided the country into civil municipalities which were supposed to correspond to the parishes of the Church of Norway.

On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Bindal, removing the definite form ending -en.

The official blazon is "Azure, six nails Or in annulo" (Norwegian: I blått seks gull nagler i rosett).

This means the arms have a blue field (background) and the charge is a circular arrangement of six nails or rivets.

The charge has a tincture of Or which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used.

There are six rivets to represent 6 school districts, 6 originally inhabited islands, and 6 fjords areas in the municipality.

[20] It also includes part of the lakes Eidvatnet and Fjellvatnet, which also partially lie in Brønnøy Municipality.

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Bindal is made up of 17 representatives that are elected to four year terms.