{{short description|Former municipality in Nordland, Norway}} {{Infobox kommune |name = Sør-Rana |herred = yes |former = yes |other_name = |official_name = |image_skyline = |image_caption = |idnumber = 1831 |county = Nordland |district = Helgeland |capital = |established = 1 July 1929 |preceded = Hemnes Municipality |disestablished = 1 Jan 1964 |succeeded = Rana Municipality and Hemnes Municipality |demonym = Ranværing |language = Neutral<ref name="lang">{{Cite journal |year=1932 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1932. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015110481043_001 |journal=Norsk Lovtidend |language=no |location=Oslo, Norway |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |pages=453-471}}</ref> |coatofarms = |flag = |mayor = Kåre Rønning |mayor_party = Sp |mayor_as_of = 1962-1964 |elevation_max_m = 1915.75 |highest_point_ref = <ref name="elev">{{Cite web |date=2024-01-16 |title=Høgaste fjelltopp i kvar kommune |url=https://www.kartverket.no/til-lands/fakta-om-norge/hoyeste-fjelltopp-i-kommunen |publisher=Kartverket |language=no}}</ref> |area_rank = 118 |area_total_km2 = 777 |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_water_percent = |population_as_of = 1963 |population_rank = 519 |population_total = 1608 |population_density_km2 = 2.1 |population_increase = -13.1 |coordinates = {{coord|66|13|29|N|13|36|59|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}} }}
'''Sør-Rana''' is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The {{convert|777|km2|adj=on}} municipality existed from 1929 until its dissolution in 1964. The areais now part of Hemnes Municipality. (Hemnes Municipality was also named ''Sør-Rana'' from 1838 until 1844).<ref name="RB">{{Cite news |last=Gabrielsen |first=Kenneth Johan |title=I dag er denne kommunen 50 år |url=https://www.ranablad.no/nyheter/i-dag-er-denne-kommunen-50-ar/s/1-93-7073502 |work=Ranablad |language=Norwegian}}</ref> 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.<ref name="snl">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Sør-Rana |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |url=https://snl.no/S%C3%B8r-Rana |date=2018-05-01 |editor-last=Thorsnæs |editor-first=Geir |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2018-09-17}}</ref>
Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the {{convert|777|km2|adj=on}} municipality was the 118th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Sør-Rana Municipality was the 519th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,608. The municipality's population density was {{convert|2.1|PD/km2}} and its population had decreased by 13.1% over the previous 10-year period.<ref name="ssb pop">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |title=Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M) |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/06913/ |language=Norwegian}}</ref><ref name="SS1951">{{Cite book |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_049.pdf |title=Norges Sivile, Geistlige, Rettslige og Militære Inndeling 1. Januar 1951 |date=1951-01-01 |publisher=H. Aschehoug & Co. |series=Norges Offisielle Statistikk |location=Oslo, Norge |language=no |format=PDF |authorlink=Statistics Norway}}</ref>
==General information== thumb|left|View of the Finneidfjord Station in Sør-Rana (c. 1950s) Rana Municipality was established on 1 January 1838 under the old formannskapsdistrikt law. Shortly afterwards, in 1839, the municipality was divided into ''Nord-Ranen Municipality'' and ''Sør-Ranen Municipality''.<ref name="snl" /> In 1844, ''Sør-Ranen Municipality'' was renamed ''Hemnes Municipality''.<ref name="RB" /> On 1 July 1918, the southern part of Hemnes Municipality (population: 1,369) was separated to become the new Korgen Municipality. On 1 July 1929 the large Hemnes Municipality was divided into three separate municipalities: Elsfjord Municipality (population: 765) in the southwest, Hemnes Municipality (population: 1,077) which included the small area around the village of Hemnesberget, and Sør-Rana Municipality (population: 1,708) in the north and east.<ref name="Dag" />
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), all of Nord-Rana Municipality (population: 11,636), and the eastern part of Nesna Municipality (population: 543) to create the new Rana Municipality. The rest of Sør-Rana Municipality (south of the Ranfjorden), with 934 inhabitants, was merged with Hemnes Municipality (population: 1,352), all of Korgen Municipality (population: 3,033), and the northern part of Hattfjelldal Municipality (population: 168) to form a new, larger Hemnes Municipality.<ref name="Dag">{{Cite web |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |year=1999 |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |isbn=9788253746845}}</ref>
===Name=== The municipality was named ''Sør-Rana''. The first element is ''sør'' which directly translates to "southern". The second element is ''Rana'' which comes from the local river Ranelva ({{langx|non|Raðund}}). The name of the river is probably derived from the word {{lang|non|raðr}} which means "quick", "fast", or "rapid". Another possibility is that the name comes from the old Sami god Rana Niejta.<ref name="snln">{{Cite web |last=Store norske leksikon |author-link=Store norske leksikon |title=Rana – kommune |url=http://snl.no/Rana/kommune |access-date=2011-12-28 |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4i5MAQAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Nordlands amt |date=1905 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=16 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=122 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>
===Churches=== The Church of Norway had one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) in Sør-Rana Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Hemnes prestegjeld and the Indre Helgeland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. There was only one church, Hemnes Church, for the prestegjeld and it was located in Hemnes Municipality, an enclave municipality within the larger, rural Sør-Rana Municipality.<ref name="SS1951" />
==Geography== The highest point in the municipality was the {{convert|1915.75|m|adj=on}} tall mountain Oksskolten.<ref name="elev" /> 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.<ref name="snl" /> Nord-Rana Municipality was located to the northeast; Nesna Municipality was located to the west; Elsfjord Municipality, Korgen Municipality, and Hattfjelldal Municipality were all located to the south; and the nation of Sweden was to the east. Hemnes Municipality was an enclave located within the borders of Sør-Rana Municipality.
==Government== While it existed, Sør-Rana Municipality was 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 was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.<ref name="ks">{{Cite SNL|kommunestyre|kommunestyre|2024-12-31|Hansen|Tore|2024-11-25|editor2-last=Vabo |editor2-first=Signy Irene}}</ref> The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Hålogaland Court of Appeal.
===Municipal council=== The municipal council {{lang|no|(Herredsstyre)}} of Sør-Rana Municipality was made up of 15 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party. {{div col}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Sør-Rana |herad = yes |start = 1959 |end = 1963 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1960 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xii_022.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref> |Total = 15 |Arbeiderpartiet = 7 |AFS = 2 |Borgerlige_Felleslister = 6 |note = On 1 January 1964, Sør-Rana Municipality was dissolved and its lands became part of Rana Municipality and Hemnes Municipality. |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Sør-Rana |herad = yes |start = 1955 |end = 1959 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1957 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_252.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 15 |Arbeiderpartiet = 8 |Borgerlige_Felleslister = 7 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Sør-Rana |herad = yes |start = 1951 |end = 1955 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1952 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_120.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 12 |Arbeiderpartiet = 7 |Borgerlige_Felleslister = 5 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Sør-Rana |herad = yes |start = 1947 |end = 1951 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1948 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_x_165.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 12 |Arbeiderpartiet = 7 |Senterpartiet = 5 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Sør-Rana |herad = yes |start = 1945 |end = 1947 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1947 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_x_133.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 12 |Arbeiderpartiet = 7 |Borgerlige_Felleslister = 4 |Local_Lists = 1 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Sør-Rana |herad = yes |start = 1937 |end = 1941* |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1938 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_ix_133.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 12 |Borgerlige_Felleslister = 5 |Arbeiderpartiet = 5 |Local_Lists = 2 |}} {{div col end}}
===Mayors=== The mayor ({{langx|no|ordfører}}) of Sør-Rana Municipality was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who held this position:<ref>{{Cite book |last=Coldevin |first=Axel |title=Rana Bygdebok. Mo Prestegjeld etter 1850 |publisher=Mo Sparebank, Grøndahl & Søn Boktrykkeri |location=Oslo |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Alstadhaug |first=Leif |title=Årbok for Rana 1986 |publisher=Rana Blads trykkeri |year=1986 |language=no |chapter=150 år med lokalt sjølstyre}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Petersen-Øverleir |first1=Kristen |url=http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2016102148025 |title=Hemnes kommune |date=1987 |publisher=Hemnes kommune |isbn=8299151201 |location=Korgen |pages=18-19 |language=no |chapter=Fortegnelse over ordførere i tiden 1837-1987}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * 1929–1934: Johan L. Fineide * 1935–1937: O. Bjørnåli * 1937–1938: Ole Evensen * 1938–1940: Hans J. Utskarpen * 1945–1945: O. Bjørnåli * 1945–1945: Hans J. Utskarpen * 1946–1955: Ole Evensen * 1956–1961: Kristoffer Almli * 1962–1964: Kåre Rønning (Sp) {{div col end}}
==See also== *List of former municipalities of Norway
==References== {{reflist}}
{{use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{sister bar|auto=y|d=y|commonscat=y|voy=Nordland|wikt=Sør-Rana}} {{Geographic location |state = collapsed |Centre = Sør-Rana Municipality<br />Hemnes Municipality (enclave) |North = Nord-Rana Municipality |Northeast = Nord-Rana Municipality |East = Gällivare Municipality<br />{{flag|Sweden}} |Southeast = Hattfjelldal Municipality |South = Korgen Municipality |Southwest = Elsfjord Municipality |West = Nesna Municipality |Northwest = Nesna Municipality }} {{Nordland}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sor-Rana Municipality}} Category:Rana Municipality Category:Hemnes Municipality Category:Former municipalities of Norway Category:1929 establishments in Norway Category:Populated places established in 1929 Category:Municipalities of Norway disestablished in 1964