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20-639: Utskarpen is a village in Rana Municipality in Nordland county, Norway , about 37 kilometres (23 mi) west of the town of Mo i Rana . The village is located at the end of the Utskarpen fjord , an arm of the main Ranfjorden . On the western side of Utskarpen is the intersection with Norwegian County Road 17 and Norwegian County Road 12. The neighboring villages are Sjonbotn to the north and Myklebustad to

40-540: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Rana Municipality The 4,460-square-kilometre (1,720 sq mi) municipality is the 4th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway (the largest municipality outside Troms and Finnmark counties). Rana is the 47th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 25,994. This makes it the second largest municipality in Nordland county—and

60-408: Is divided by a diagonal line from the lower left to the upper right. The field that is below the line has a tincture of Or which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The field that is above the line has a tincture of green. The arms symbolize the forests (upper part/green) and the minerals (lower part/gold), as there many minerals can be found in

80-533: Is governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor is indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the Helgeland District Court and the Hålogaland Court of Appeal . The municipal council ( Kommunestyre ) of Rana is made up of 37 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show

100-729: Is located just south of the Arctic Circle , on the southern side of the Saltfjellet mountains with the Svartisen glacier , Norway's second largest glacier. The highest point in the municipality is the 1,589.26-metre (5,214.1 ft) tall mountain Snøtinden. Some of the other large mountains in Rana include Bolna and Nasa . Mo is so close to the Arctic Circle that parts of the sun is continuously over

120-420: Is named after the river Ranelva ( Old Norse : Raðund ). The name of the river is probably derived from the word raðr which means "quick", "fast", or "rapid". Another possibility is that the name comes from the old Sami god Rana Niejta . On 16 February 2024, the national government approved a resolution to add a co-equal, official Sami language name for the municipality: Raane . The spelling of

140-555: The Ranelva (river) meets the Ranfjorden . North of Mo i Rana, the European route E6 highway passes through the suburb of Selfors . In western Rana, the population centers around the Sjona fjord. Rana and Saltfjellet are famous for their numerous caves due to the limestone rock. Some of the caves include Grønnligrotta , Setergrotta , and Pluragrotta . There are several nature reserves in

160-473: The Sami language name changes depending on how it is used. It is called Raane when it is spelled alone, but it is Raanen tjïelte when using the Sami language equivalent to "Rana Municipality". The coat of arms was granted on 5 March 1965. The official blazon is " Per bend sinister vert and Or " ( Norwegian : Venstre skrådelt av grønt og gull ). This means the arms have a field (background) that

180-616: The area, especially iron ore . The arms were originally granted to the municipality of Mo on 29 April 1960 until that municipality was dissolved in 1 January 1964 when it became part of the new municipality of Rana. The arms were designed by Gunnar Alm. The Church of Norway has six parishes ( sokn ) within Rana Municipality. It is part of the Indre Helgeland prosti ( deanery ) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland . The municipality

200-496: The background of the shield is called the field . The field is usually composed of one or more tinctures ( colours or metals ) or furs . The field may be divided or may consist of a variegated pattern . In rare modern cases, the field or a subdivision thereof is not a tincture but is shown as a scene from a landscape , or, in the case of the 329th Fighter Group of the United States Air Force , blazoned as

220-519: The current and historical composition of the council by political party . The mayor ( Norwegian : ordfører ) of Rana is the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who have held this position: As of 2023, FREYR has a so-called test factory for battery technology in Rana. The size of the factory is 13,000 square metres (140,000 sq ft). It had 70 employees before 10 were laid off in late November 2023. As of Q4 2023,

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240-734: The first production line has been delayed. The company said that it will halve its cash expenses, for year 2024. Rana has an airport, Mo i Rana Airport, Røssvoll in the village of Røssvoll , not far from the town of Mo i Rana . There are several large highways in Rana: European route E6 , Norwegian County Road 17 , and Norwegian County Road 12 . The Illhollia Tunnel is part of the E6 highway. The Nordland Line passes through Rana, with several stations including Mo i Rana Station , Dunderland Station , and Bolna Station . The sister cities of Rana are: Field (heraldry) In heraldry ,

260-556: The horizon ( Midnight sun ) from early June to early July, and there is no darkness from mid-May to the beginning of August. But there is no true polar night in December. The Saltfjellet–Svartisen National Park is partly located in Rana. There are many valleys such as the Dunderland Valley and Grønnfjelldal . The majority of the population in the municipality lives in Mo i Rana , where

280-597: The long Ranafjord, and the winters can be cold, especially away from the fjord. There is often a lot of snow in winter. Summer days in Rana are among the warmest in North Norway. There are many lakes and rivers in the municipality, both in the lowlands and in the mountains. Rana Municipality is responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services , senior citizen services, welfare and other social services , zoning , economic development , and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality

300-408: The municipality, such as Alterhaug with several warmer-climate plants grow including the elm . Engasjyen, the estuary of the Rana river, has a rich bird life in the spring. Blakkådalen has old growth spruce forests. Fisktjørna, has a largely undisturbed mixed old growth forest with unusually rich plant life due to the extremely lime -rich soil. Rana is situated near the innermost part of

320-493: The new town was known as Mo i Rana. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee . On 1 January 1964, the town of Mo (population: 9,616), Nord-Rana Municipality (population: 11,636), the northern part of Sør-Rana Municipality (population: 697), and the Sjona area of Nesna Municipality (population: 543) were all merged to form Rana Municipality. The municipality

340-518: The sky proper . Landscape fields are regarded by many heralds as unheraldic and debased , as they defy the heraldic ideal of simple, boldly-coloured images, and they cannot be consistently drawn from blazon . The arms of the Inveraray and District Community Council in Scotland have as a field In waves of the sea . The correct language of heraldry is very flexible and virtually any image may be blazoned in

360-565: The third largest in North Norway . The municipality's population density is 5.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (15/sq mi) and its population has increased by 0.2% over the previous 10-year period. Rana was a part of the Terra Securities scandal in 2007 relating to some investments that were made by the municipality. The municipality of Rana was originally established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). In 1839, it

380-408: The west. Utskarpen has a kindergarten, a primary and secondary school, and a nursing home. The Utskarpen Museum was opened on 23 October 1999. The village has been in the three municipalities. Starting in 1839 it was part of Hemnes Municipality , then in 1929 it became a part of Sør-Rana Municipality , and then in 1964 it was merged into Rana Municipality . This Nordland location article

400-416: Was divided into Nord-Ranen Municipality and Sør-Ranen Municipality . In 1844, Nord-Ranen Municipality was renamed Mo Municipality and Sør-Ranen Municipality was renamed Hemnes Municipality . On 1 January 1923, the village of Mo was separated from Mo Municipality and became a town-municipality of its own. At that time (to avoid confusion) Mo Municipality changed its name (back) to Nord-Rana Municipality and

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