Rana Municipality
Rana kommune Raanen tjïelte | |
|---|---|
| Ranen herred (historic name) | |
 View of Mo i Rana in late July 2003 | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Nordland within Norway | |
 Rana within Nordland | |
| Coordinates: 66°22′19″N 14°20′34″E / 66.37194°N 14.34278°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Nordland |
| District | Helgeland |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1839 |
| • Succeeded by | Nord-Ranen & Sør-Ranen |
| Re-established | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Preceded by | Mo i Rana, Nord-Rana Municipality, and other areas |
| Administrative centre | Mo i Rana |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2015) | Geir Waage (Ap) |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,460.19 km2 (1,722.09 sq mi) |
| • Land | 4,202.66 km2 (1,622.66 sq mi) |
| • Water | 257.53 km2 (99.43 sq mi) 5.8% |
| • Rank | #4 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,589.26 m (5,214.11 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 25,994 |
| • Rank | #47 in Norway |
| • Density | 5.8/km2 (15/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  +0.2% |
| Demonyms | Ranværing Ransmann[2] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1833[4] |
| Website | Official website |
Rana (Norwegian) or Raane (Southern Sami)[5] is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Mo i Rana, which houses the National Library of Norway. Other population centers in Rana include Båsmoen, Dunderland, Eiteråga, Flostrand, Hauknes, Myklebustad, Nevernes, Røssvoll, Selfors, Sjonbotn, Skonseng, Storforsheia, Utskarpen, and Ytteren.
The 4,460-square-kilometre (1,720 sq mi) municipality is the 4th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway (the largest municipality outside Troms and Finnmark counties). Rana is the 47th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 25,994. This makes it the second largest municipality in Nordland county—and the third largest in North Norway. The municipality's population density is 5.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (15/sq mi) and its population has increased by 0.2% over the previous 10-year period.[6][7]
Rana was a part of the Terra Securities scandal in 2007 relating to some investments that were made by the municipality.[8]
- ^ "Høgaste fjelltopp i kvar kommune" (in Norwegian). Kartverket. 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
sami namewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ "Norway towns sue Citi over structured note losses". Reuters. 10 August 2009.