Træna

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Træna kommune
County Nordland
District Helgeland
Municipality NO-1835
Administrative centre Træna
Mayor (2003) Aina Willumsen (Ap)
Official language form Bokmål
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Percentage
Ranked 429
16 km²
16 km²
0.00 %
Population
 - Total (2004)
 - Percentage
 - Change (10 years)
 - Density
Ranked 431
456
0.01 %
-7.7 %
28/km²
Coordinates 66°30′N 12°1′E
www.trana.kommune.no

Data from Statistics Norway

Coordinates: 66°30′N 12°1′E

Træna is a municipality in the county of Nordland, Norway. The municipality consists of over a thousand islands of small islands off the coast of Norway in the Helgeland area. Four of the islands, Husøy, Selvær, Sanda, and Sandøy are populated. Husøy is the is the municipality centre.

Fishery is the economic mainstay of Træna. Connections to mainland Norway is by means of boat and ferry, routes are provided to Sandnessjøen, Nesna and Stokkvågen.

The islands of Træna have been the site of a number of archeological discoveries, indicating that the island has been populated since the stone age.

[edit] Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1987). It shows three fishhooks made of bone from the Stone Age.


Municipalities of Nordland Nordland coat of arms

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