Grane Municipality
Grane Municipality
Grane kommune | |
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The entrance to North Norway on the E6 highway in southern Grane | |
Nordland within Norway | |
Grane within Nordland | |
| Coordinates: 65°24′02″N 13°30′38″E / 65.40056°N 13.51056°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Nordland |
| District | Helgeland |
| Established | 1 July 1927 |
| • Preceded by | Vefsn Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Trofors |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Raymond Fagerli (Sp) |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,004.11 km2 (773.79 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,881.43 km2 (726.42 sq mi) |
| • Water | 122.68 km2 (47.37 sq mi) 6.1% |
| • Rank | #37 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,696.46 m (5,565.81 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 1,447 |
| • Rank | #304 in Norway |
| • Density | 0.7/km2 (2/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −1.2% |
| Demonym | Graneværing |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1825 |
| Website | Official website |
ⓘ is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Trofors. There are several other villages in the municipality including Fallmoen, Grane, Leiren, Majavatn, and Strendene. The European route E6 highway and the Nordland Line railway both run through the municipality from south to north.
The 2,004-square-kilometre (774 sq mi) municipality is the 37th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Grane is the 304th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,447. The municipality's population density is 0.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (1.8/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 1.2% over the previous 10-year period.