Sulitjelma
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, , or is a village in Fauske Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Sulitjelma is situated in a lush inland valley at an elevation of above sea level. It is located on the shore of Langvatnet lake, about southeast of the town of Fauske. The lakes Lomivatnet, Kjelvatnet, and Muorkkejávrre are located to the east and south of the village.
Key facts
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- Historic:
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- Village
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- Early-July 2009 view of the village
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- yes
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- 11
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- village
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- Nordland#Norway
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- Sulitjelma
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- bottom
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- Country
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- Norway
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- Region
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- Northern Norway
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- County
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- Nordland
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- District
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- Salten
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Fauske Municipality
- Area
- 0.53
- Elevation
- 130
- Image
- Sulitelma-från-padjelanta.JPG
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- Commons category
- Sulitjelma
- native label
- Sulisjielmmá
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Mining
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, , or is a village in Fauske Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Sulitjelma is situated in a lush inland valley at an elevation of above sea level. It is located on the shore of Langvatnet lake, about southeast of the town of Fauske. The lakes Lomivatnet, Kjelvatnet, and Muorkkejávrre are located to the east and south of the village.
The village has a population (2023) of 399 and a population density of .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sulitjelma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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