Sjønstå
Village | |
Sjønstå at the mouth of the Sjønstå River. The Sjønstå farm lies right of the river's mouth. | |
| Coordinates: 67°12′18″N 15°42′55″E / 67.20500°N 15.71528°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Northern Norway |
| County | Nordland |
| District | Salten |
| Municipality | Fauske Municipality |
| Elevation | 138 m (453 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Post Code | 8200 Fauske |
Sjønstå (Norwegian) or Sjenståhka (Lule Sami) is a village in Fauske Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located at the southeastern shore of the lake Øvervatnet (lit. 'Upper Lake'), about 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of the town of Fauske. The village peaked in size during a brief time when the Sulitjelma Mines carried out lots of activity in the area, c. 1890 to 1956. Before this time, Sjønstå was just a small farm area.
The Sjønstå River empties into the lake at Sjønstå. Where it enters the lake, there is a sandy beach on the west side of the river's mouth. There are also natural terraces from moraine deposits. The old farm is located on the sandy beach and the terraces were used for tilled fields and meadows.
The Sjønstå farm was given protected status in 2006 by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. It represents a special kind of farm known as a cluster farm (Norwegian: klyngetun); these were typical in Nordland county before 1900 and few of them have been preserved. The Sjønstå farm is the only remaining cluster farm in Northern Norway and has national significance.