Sør-Rana is a
former municipality in
Nordland
Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ...
county,
Norway. The municipality existed from 1929 until 1964 (
Hemnes Municipality was also named ''Sør-Rana'' from 1838 until 1844).
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.
History
Rana Municipality was established on 1 January 1838 under the old
formannskapsdistrikt
() is the name for Norwegian local self-government districts that were legally enacted on 1 January 1838. This system of municipalities was created in a bill approved by the Parliament of Norway and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January ...
law. Shortly afterwards, in 1839, the municipality was divided into ''
Nord-Ranen'' and ''Sør-Ranen''.
In 1844, ''Sør-Ranen'' was renamed ''
Hemnes''.
On 1 July 1918, the southern part of Hemnes (population: 1,369) was separated to become the municipality of
Korgen. On 1 July 1929 the large municipality of Hemnes was divided into three separate municipalities:
Elsfjord (population: 765) in the southwest,
Hemnes (population: 1,077) which included the small area around the village of
Hemnesberget, and Sør-Rana (population: 1,708) in the north and east.
During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the
Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Sør-Rana municipality was dissolved and its lands were divided up. The district of Sør-Rana that was north of the
Ranfjorden, with 697 inhabitants, was merged with the town of
Mo i Rana (population: 9,6168), the municipality of
Nord-Rana
Nord-Rana (historically: ''Mo herred'') is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1839 until its dissolution in 1964. From 1839 until 1844, it was named ''Nord-Ranen'', from 1844 until 1923, it was called ...
(population: 11,636), and the eastern part of
Nesna Municipality
Nesna is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Nesna. Other villages in Nesna include Handnesneset, Husby, Saura, and Vikhol ...
(population: 543) to create the new
Rana Municipality. The rest of Sør-Rana (south of the Ranfjorden), with 934 inhabitants, was merged with
Hemnes Municipality (population: 1,352), the municipality of
Korgen (population: 3,033), and the northern part of
Hattfjelldal Municipality
Hattfjelldal ( sma, Aarborte) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hattfjelldal. Other villages include Grubben, Svenskvo ...
(population: 168) to form a new, larger
Hemnes Municipality.
Government
All municipalities in Norway, including Sør-Rana, are responsible for
primary education
Primary education or elementary education is typically the first stage of formal education, coming after preschool/kindergarten and before secondary school. Primary education takes place in ''primary schools'', ''elementary schools'', or first ...
(through 10th grade), outpatient
health services
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,
senior citizen services,
unemployment and other
social services
Social services are a range of public services intended to provide support and assistance towards particular groups, which commonly include the disadvantaged. They may be provided by individuals, private and independent organisations, or administe ...
,
zoning,
economic development, and municipal
roads. The municipality is governed by a
municipal council of
elected representatives, which
in turn elects a
mayor.
Municipal council
The
municipal council of Sør-Rana was made up of 15 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The
party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:
See also
*
List of former municipalities of Norway
This is a list of former municipalities of Norway, i.e. municipalities that no longer exist.
When the local council system was introduced in Norway in 1837-38, the country had 392 municipalities. In 1958 the number had grown to a total of 744 rur ...
References
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Rana, Norway
Hemnes
Former municipalities of Norway
1929 establishments in Norway
1964 disestablishments in Norway