Grane

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Grane is also a commune of the Drôme département in France.

Grane kommune
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms Nordland within Norway
Grane within Nordland
Coordinates: 65°24′2″N 13°30′38″E / 65.40056, 13.51056
Country	Norway
County	Nordland
District	Helgeland
Municipality ID	NO-1825
Administrative centre	Trofors
Government
- Mayor (2003)	Bjørn Ivar Lamo (Ap)
Area (Nr. 30 in Norway)
- Total	2,009 km² (775.7 sq mi)
- Land	1,888 km² (729 sq mi)
Population (2004)
- Total	1,536
- Density	1/km² (2.6/sq mi)
- Change (10 years)	-8.8 %
- Rank in Norway	366
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Official language form	Neutral
Demonym	Graneværing[1]
Data from Statistics Norway
Website: www.grane.kommune.no

Grane (help·info) is a municipality in the county of Nordland, Norway.

Grane was separated from Vefsn July 1, 1927.

[edit] The name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the farm Grane ("Grane" 1661), since the first church was built there (in 1860). The name is derived from the word gran f 'spruce'.

[edit] Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1980). It shows a salmon.

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