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Nord-Rana is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The administrative centre was Ytteren.
It was created by a split from Mo i Rana on 1 January 1923. The new municipality had a population of 1,305.
On 1 January 1964, Nord-Rana was merged with Mo i Rana, parts of Sør-Rana and Nesna to create the new municipality Rana. Prior to the merger the population of Nord-Rana was 11,636.
References
- Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdfl.
Categories:- Former municipalities of Norway
- Rana, Norway
- Nordland geography stubs
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