Sør-Rana
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Sør-Rana is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway.
It was created by a split from Hemnes in 1926. The new municipality had a population of 1.708.
On 1 January 1964 the district north of the Ranfjord, with 697 inhabitants, was merged with Mo i Rana, Nord-Rana and a part of Nesna to create the new municipality Rana. The rest of Sør-Rana, with 934 inhabitants, was reunited with Hemnes.
[edit] References
- Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen".
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