Rana, Norway
municipality in Nordland, Norway From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rana is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Mo i Rana.
Rana kommune | |
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 View of Mo i Rana in late July 2003 | |
 Coat of arms  Nordland within Norway | |
 Rana within Nordland | |
| Coordinates: 66°22′19″N 14°20′34″E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Nordland |
| Administrative centre | Mo i Rana |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2015) | Geir Waage (Ap) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,460.18 km2 (1,722.09 sq mi) |
| • Land | 4,202.92 km2 (1,622.76 sq mi) |
| • Water | 257.26 km2 (99.33 sq mi) 5.8% |
| • Rank | 4 in Norway |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 26,092 |
| • Rank | 45 in Norway |
| • Density | 6.2/km2 (16/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | 1.7% |
| Demonyms | Ranværing Ransmann[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1833 |
| Official language form | Neutral[2] |
10% of the employees work in manufacturing; Together with construction workers and those that work in the power industry and the water works, they make up 21% of the work force (as of 2020).[3]
More than 2,800[4] people work (as of 2024) for the different employers at Mo Industrial Park. As of November 2024, the Freyr (company) has six months to sell all of its investments and assets in the municipality; If that does not happen, the company will have to pay a penalty (to another company).[5] Freyr had invested Norwegian kroner 4 billion in building a factory in Rana.[6] The company will be down to 14 full-time employees (in Rana by autumn 2024). Earlier (and as of August 2024), the company had more than 60 employees, before (a round of) layoffs was supposed to start.[7][8]
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