Grane
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- Grane is also a commune of the Drôme département in France.
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| County | Nordland | |
| District | Helgeland | |
| Municipality | NO-1825 | |
| Administrative centre | Trofors | |
| Mayor (2003) | Bjørn Ivar Lamo (Ap) | |
| Official language form | Neutral | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage |
Ranked 30 2,009 km² 1,888 km² 0.62 % |
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| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density |
Ranked 366 1,536 0.03 % -8.8 % 1/km² |
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| www.grane.kommune.no |
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Grane is a municipality in the county of Nordland, Norway.
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the farm Grane ("Grane" 1661), since the first church was built there (in 1860). The name is derived from the word gran f 'spruce'.
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1980). It shows a salmon.
| Municipalities of Nordland | |
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Alstahaug | Andøy | Ballangen | Beiarn | Bindal | Bodø | Brønnøy | Bø | Dønna | Evenes | Fauske | Flakstad | Gildeskål | Grane | Hadsel | Hamarøy | Hattfjelldal | Hemnes | Herøy | Leirfjord | Lurøy | Lødingen | Meløy | Moskenes | Narvik | Nesna | Rana | Rødøy | Røst | Saltdal | Sortland | Steigen | Sømna | Sørfold | Tjeldsund | Træna | Tysfjord | Vefsn | Vega | Vestvågøy | Vevelstad | Vågan | Værøy | Øksnes |
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