Hemnes Municipality
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Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Nordland
- District
- Helgeland
- Preceded by
- Rana Municipality
- Administrative centre
- Korgen
- Mayor 2019
- Paul Asphaug ( Sp )
- Total
- 1,589.50 km (613.71 sq mi)
- Land
- 1,429.98 km (552.12 sq mi)
- Water
- 159.52 km (61.59 sq mi) 10%
- Rank
- # 49 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 1,915.75 m (6,285.3 ft)
- Density
- 2.8/km (7.3/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- −1.5%
- Demonym
- Hemnesværing
- Norwegian form
- Neutral
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Iso 3166 code
- NO-1832
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Encyclopedic overview
Hemnes (Ume Sámi: Heäjmmanássja) 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 Korgen. Other villages include Bjerka, Bleikvasslia, Finneidfjord, Hemnesberget, and Sund.
View from Korgfjellet mountain in Hemnes (about 400 m amsl) towards Vefsn The municipality sits south of the Ranfjorden and stretches south and east toward the border with Sweden. The Nordland Line and European route E6 cross Hemnes on their way to the town of Mo i Rana about 20 kilometres (12 mi) to the northeast. The E6 highway enters Hemnes from the west through the Korgfjell Tunnel from Vefsn Municipality.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hemnes Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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