Sør-Rana herred | |
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Former Municipality | |
Location in Nordland | |
Coordinates: 66°13′29″N 13°36′59″E / 66.22472°N 13.61639°ECoordinates: 66°13′29″N 13°36′59″E / 66.22472°N 13.61639°E | |
Country | Norway |
Region | Northern Norway |
County | Nordland |
District | Helgeland |
Municipality ID | NO-1831 |
Area | |
• Total | 777 km2 (300 sq mi) |
Time zone | CET (UTC+01:00) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+02:00) |
Created from | Hemnes in 1929 |
Merged into | Rana and Hemnes in 1964 |
Sør-Rana is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Sør-Rana encompassed an area on both sides of the middle section of the Ranfjorden around where the Sørfjorden and Elsfjorden branch off the main fjord.
The municipality of Sør-Rana was established on 1 July 1929 when it was separated from the municipality of Hemnes. Initially, the new municipality had a population of 1,708. On 1 January 1964, the district of Sør-Rana that was north of the Ranfjorden, with 697 inhabitants, was merged with the town of Mo i Rana, the municipality of Nord-Rana, and the eastern part of Nesna to create the new municipality Rana. The rest of Sør-Rana (south of the Ranfjorden), with 934 inhabitants, was merged back into the municipality of Hemnes.