Country Norway County Nordland Municipality ID NO-1831 Area 777 km² | Region Northern Norway District Helgeland Time zone CET (UTC+01:00) | |
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Weather 6°C, Wind SW at 5 km/h, 85% Humidity | ||
Sør-Rana is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Sør-Rana encompassed an area on both sides of the middle section of the Ranfjorden around where the Sørfjorden and Elsfjorden branch off the main fjord.
History
The municipality of Sør-Rana was established on 1 July 1929 when it was separated from the municipality of Hemnes. Initially, the new municipality had a population of 1,708. On 1 January 1964, the district of Sør-Rana that was north of the Ranfjorden, with 697 inhabitants, was merged with the town of Mo i Rana, the municipality of Nord-Rana, and the eastern part of Nesna to create the new municipality Rana. The rest of Sør-Rana (south of the Ranfjorden), with 934 inhabitants, was merged back into the municipality of Hemnes.
References
Sør-Rana Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA