Træna Municipality
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Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Nordland
- District
- Helgeland
- Established
- 1 Jan 1872
- Preceded by
- Lurøy Municipality
- Administrative centre
- Husøya
- Mayor 2023
- Trond Vegard Sletten ( Ap )
- Total
- 16.54 km (6.39 sq mi)
- Land
- 16.49 km (6.37 sq mi)
- Water
- 0.05 km (0.019 sq mi) 0.3%
- Rank
- # 353 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 336.74 m (1,104.8 ft)
- Density
- 26.7/km (69/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- −9.6%
- Demonym
- Trænværing
- Norwegian form
- Bokmål
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
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Encyclopedic overview
Træna is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the island/village of Husøya. Other population centres include Selvær and Sanna.
Kirkhelleren cave Trænstaven on Sanna island in Træna Fishing is the economic mainstay of the island municipality of Træna. Connections to mainland Norway are by means of boat and ferry. Routes are provided to Sandnessjøen, Nesna, and Stokkvågen. Each year Træna plays hosts a music festival called Traena Music Festival. The islands of Træna have been the site of a number of archeological discoveries, indicating that the island has been populated since the Stone Age.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Træna Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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