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List of cities in Norway

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and municipality

Municipalities of Norway

||}Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called county , and 430 municipality . The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality....
located in Nordland

Nordland

is a Counties of Norway in Norway, bordering Troms in the north, Nord-Tr?ndelag in the south, Norrbottens l?n in Sweden to the east, V?sterbottens l?n to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west....
county

Counties of Norway

||-||}Norway is divided into 19 subnational, called county . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 431 Municipalities of Norway ....
, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
. It is part of the Salten

Salten

Salten is a districts of Norway in Nordland in North Norway, consisting of the municipalities Mel?y, Gildesk?l, Bod?, Beiarn, Saltdal, Fauske, S?rfold, Steigen and Hamar?y....
region

Districts of Norway

Norway is divided into a number of districts. Many districts have deep historical roots, and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties of Norway and municipalities of Norway....
. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Fauske with approximately 6,000 inhabitants.

Fauske was separated from the municipality of Skjerstad

Skjerstad

Skjerstad is a former municipality in the county of Nordland, Norway.Skjerstad was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 . Fauske was separated from Skjerstad January 1, 1905....
on 1 January 1905. Township was declared in 1998. The town is located on the northern shore of Skjerstadfjorden. The municipality borders Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
in the east and the municipalities of Sørfold

Sørfold

S?rfold is a Municipalities of Norway in Nordland Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Salten Districts of Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Straumen, Nordland....
to the north, Bodø

Bodø

is a List of cities in Norway and a Municipalities of Norway in Nordland Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Salten Districts of Norway....
to the west, and Saltdal

Saltdal

Saltdal is a Municipalities of Norway in Nordland Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Salten Districts of Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rognan....
to the southeast.

municipality (originally the parish

Parish

A parish is a local church; it is an administrative unit typically found in Roman Catholic, Anglican, United Methodist, and Presbyterianism churches....
) is named after the old Fauske farm (Old Norse

Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
: Fauskar), since the first church was built there (in 1866).

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is a town

List of cities in Norway

This is a list of cities in Norway.The Norwegian name for city is by. Cities were formerly categorized as kj?pstad or ladested , each with special city rights....
and municipality

Municipalities of Norway

||}Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called county , and 430 municipality . The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality....
located in Nordland

Nordland

Counties of Norway

||-||}Norway is divided into 19 subnational, called county . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 431 Municipalities of Norway ....
, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
. It is part of the Salten

Salten

Salten is a districts of Norway in Nordland in North Norway, consisting of the municipalities Mel?y, Gildesk?l, Bod?, Beiarn, Saltdal, Fauske, S?rfold, Steigen and Hamar?y....
region

Districts of Norway

Skjerstad

Sweden

Sørfold

Bodø

is a List of cities in Norway and a Municipalities of Norway in Nordland Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Salten Districts of Norway....
to the west, and Saltdal

Saltdal

General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish

Parish

Old Norse

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms

Coat of arms

A coat of arms, more properly called an armorial achievement, armorial bearings or often just arms for short, in European tradition, is a design belonging to a particular person and used by them in a wide variety of ways....
is from modern times (1988). The arms show a reef knot

Reef knot

The reef knot or square knot is a common and simple binding knot. It is used to connect two ropes of equal size.Tying a reef knot ...
to represent Fauske as a center of commerce

Commerce

Commerce is a division of trade or production, costs, and pricing which deals with the Trade of goods and service from production, costs, and pricing to final consumer....
and transportation.

Economy

Several marble

Marble

Marble is a nonfoliated metamorphic rock resulting from the metamorphism of limestone, composed mostly of calcite . It is extensively used for Marble sculpture, as a architecture material, and in many other applications....
quarries

Quarry

A quarry is a type of open-pit mining from which rock or minerals are extracted. Quarries are generally used for extracting building materials, such as dimension stone....
are located in the municipality. The marble is exported to many countries, where it can be observed in many monumental buildings, among them the United Nations Headquarters

United Nations headquarters

The United Nations Headquarters is a distinctive complex in New York City that has served as the headquarters of the United Nations since its completion in 1950....
in New York City

New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
. There are also dolostone

Dolostone

Dolostone or dolomite rock is a sedimentary rock carbonate rock that contains a high percentage of the mineral dolomite. In old USGS publications it was referred to as magnesian limestone....
quarries in Fauske, as well as some agriculture

Agriculture

Agriculture refers to the production of food and goods through farming and forestry. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of civilization, with the animal husbandry of domestication animals and plants creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more Population density and Social stratification societies....
. Salten Kraftsamband

Salten Kraftsamband

Salten Kraftsamband or SKS is a Norway power company that operates eight hydroelectricity with annual production of 1,770 Watt hour. Since 1997 the company has also sold power to end-users....
and Fauske Lysverk

Fauske Lysverk

Fauske Lysverk is a private company power company that operates the power grid in Fauske, Norway with 6,000 customers and 440 kilometers of grid....
are important employers in Fauske. The town is a commercial centre for parts of the inland areas of Salten

Salten

Salten is a districts of Norway in Nordland in North Norway, consisting of the municipalities Mel?y, Gildesk?l, Bod?, Beiarn, Saltdal, Fauske, S?rfold, Steigen and Hamar?y....
, and has hotel and camping

Camping

Camping is an outdoor recreational activity.The participants, known as campers, get away from urban areas, their home region or civilization and enjoy nature while spending one or more nights, usually at a campsite....
facilities.

Transportation

The Nordlandsbanen railroad

Rail transport

Rail transport is the conveyance of passengers and goods by means of wheeled vehicles running along railways . Rail transport is part of the logistics chain, which facilitates international trade and economic growth....
passes through the municipality, reaching Bodø

Bodø

is a List of cities in Norway and a Municipalities of Norway in Nordland Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Salten Districts of Norway....
west of Fauske. Travellers going further north usually leave the train in Fauske, and travel by express bus to Narvik

Narvik

is a List of cities in Norway and Municipalities of Norway in Nordland Counties of Norway, Norway. Narvik is located on the shores of the Ofotfjord ....
or further, using European route E6

European route E6

E 6 is the designation for the main north-south road in Norway, and the west coast of Sweden, running from the southern tip of Sweden, at Trelleborg, into Norway and through almost all of the country north to Finnmark....
which goes through the center of Fauske. The E6 from Mo i Rana

Mo i Rana

Mo is a town in the Municipalities of Norway of Rana, Norway, Nordland, Norway, located just south of the Arctic Circle and in the region Helgeland....
north to Fauske crosses over Saltfjellet

Saltfjellet

Saltfjellet is a mountain area in Nordland, Norway that separates the two regions of Helgeland and Salten. This is one of the largest mountain ranges in Norway, and is also where the Arctic Circle cuts through the country....
, and the E6 further north to Narvik also goes through very rugged terrain; these are among the most scenic drives in Norway, although there are many tunnels in the Sørfold

Sørfold

Norwegian national road

Norwegian national road , are roads thus categorized by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration which also maintains them. In 2007 there were 27,343 km of this class of Norwegian roads, which constituted 29.4% of public roads in Norway....
Rv 80 to Bodø, 62 km to the west, departs from E6 in the centre of Fauske.

Nature

There are two large glacier

Glacier

A glacier is a large, slow-moving mass of ice, formed from compacted layers of snow, that slowly deforms and flows in response to gravity and high pressure....
s in Fauske: Blåmannsisen

Blåmannsisen

Bl?mannsisen is the fifth largest glacier in mainland Norway.Its highest point is 1,560 meters above sea level and its lowest point is 810 m. Three outlet glaciers extend from the icecap....
and Sulitjelmaisen

Sulitjelmaisen

Sulitjelmaisen ' is one of the largest glaciers in mainland Norway. Parts of the glacier is in Sweden.Its highest point is above sea level and its lowest point is ....
; covering about 14% of the municipality. The highest mountain

Mountain

A mountain is a landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area usually in the form of a peak. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill....
is Suliskongen at above sea level. There are many lakes in the municipality, such as Langvatnet

Langvatnet (Fauske)

Langvatnet is a Norway lake that lies in Fauske municipalities of Norway in Nordland....
, Låmivatnet

Låmivatnet

L?mivatnet is a Norway lake that lies in Fauske municipalities of Norway in Nordland....
, and Nedrevatnet

Nedrevatnet

Nedrevatnet is a Norway lake that lies in Fauske municipalities of Norway in Nordland....
.

Junkerdal National Park

Junkerdal National Park

Junkerdal National Park lies in Saltdal and Fauske municipalities in Nordland county, Norway. The park was opened in 2004 and is 682 km?. The park borders Junkerdalsura nature reserve....
is partly located in Fauske. Sulitjelma

Sulitjelma

Sulitjelma is a village in Fauske municipality in Nordland, Norway. The village has 481 residents . Sulitjelma is situated in a lush inland valley only 140 meters amsl along the shore of the Langvatnet lake....
, located 44 km by road east of Fauske, is a good starting point for hiking

Hiking

Hiking is an outdoor activity which consists of walking in natural environments, often on trail. It is such a popular activity that there are numerous :Category:Hiking organizations worldwide....
in the mountains and hikes to the glaciers. There are several DNT

Norwegian Mountain Touring Association

The Norwegian Trekking Association is a Norwegian association which maintains mountain trails and cabins in Norway. The association was founded on 21 January 1868 with the scope "to help and develop tourism in this country"....
lodges in this area. There are many nature reserve

Nature reserve

A nature reserve is a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora , fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for Conservation ethic and to provide special opportunities for study or research....
s in the municipality, such as Veten nature reserve with calcareous

Calcareous

Calcareous refers to a sediment, sedimentary rock, or soil type which is formed from or contains a high proportion of calcium carbonate in the form of calcite or aragonite....
pine

Pine

Pines are Pinophyta trees in the genus Pinus, in the family Pinaceae. They make up the monotypic subfamily Pinoideae. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species....
forest

Forest

File:Stara planina suma.jpgA forest is an area with a high density of trees. There are many definitions of a forest, based on various criteria....
and a rich understory

Understory

Understory is the term for the area of a forest which grows in the shade of the emergent or Canopy . Plants in the understory consist of a mixture of seedlings and saplings of canopy trees together with understory shrubs and herbs....
and Fauskeeidet wetland area with rich bird life and observation tower

Observation tower

An observation tower is a structure used to view events from a long distance and to create a full 360 degree range of vision. They are usually at least tall and made from stone, iron, and wood....
. There are several cave

Cave

A cave is a natural underground void large enough for a human to enter. Some people suggest that the term cave should only apply to cavities that have some part that does not receive daylight; however, in popular usage, the term includes smaller spaces like sea caves, rock shelters, and grottos....
s in the municipality. The fairly easy accessible Svarthamarhola (Svarthamar cave) is one of the largest caves in northern Europe, also hosting one of the worlds most northerly bat

Bat

Bats are mammals in the order Chiroptera. The forelimbs of all bats are developed as wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of sustained flight ....
colonies .

Climate

Fauske is located inside the Arctic circle

Arctic Circle

The Arctic Circle is one of the five major circle of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. It is the parallel of latitude that runs 66degree 33'39? north of the Equator....
and has 24-hr of daylight from early May to the beginning of August, with midnight sun

Midnight sun

The midnight sun is a natural phenomenon occurring in latitudes north and nearby to the south of the Arctic Circle, and south and nearby to the north of the Antarctic Circle where the sun remains visible at the local midnight....
from the beginning of June to the second week of July. Average 24-hour temperatures in Fauske is below freezing from mid-November to the last part of March, but the ice free fjord moderates winter temperatures. Summer starts in June with summer temperatures lasting until early September. Precipitation is heaviest from September to December (usually as snow

Snow

Snow is a type of precipitation in the form of crystalline water ice, consisting of a multitude of snowflakes that fall from clouds. The process of this precipitation is called snowfall....
in December); average annual precipitation is 1040 mm. Daytime temperatures are usually significantly warmer than the 24-hr average from March to September, while there is very little diurnal

Diurnal

Diurnal may refer to:* Diurnality, the behavior of an animal that is active in the daytime* Diurnal motion, the apparent motion of stars around the Earth...
temperature variation from November to early February as the sun is very low or below the horizon all day. However, temperatures varies considerably with the weather; there might be cool westerlies with 10°C and rain both night and day in July, and the next day might be sunny with daytime temperature reaching 25°C. Southwesterlies can bring thaws anytime in winter, but not in the mountains, which usually get large amounts of snow in winter - the main reason for the large glaciers and the hydropower in the area.

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Monthly 24-hr average (°C Celsius Celsius is a temperature scale that is named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius , who developed a similar temperature scale two years before his death.... )	-4.1	-3.6	-1.7	1.9	7.3	11.1	13.0	12.5	8.6	4.4	-0.1	-2.8
Average precipitation (mm)	98	81	75	53	45	53	78	79	110	147	105	116
Source: All data is for the town of Fauske (14 meters amsl Above mean sea level The term above mean sea level refers to the elevation or altitude of any object, relative to the average sea level datum . AMSL is used extensively in radio by engineers to determine the coverage area a station will be able to reach.... ) during 1961-1990; temperatures have tended to be warmer in recent years.

Notable residents

The author
Author

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s Dag Ove Johansen, Trine Angelsen and Karin Risvoll live in the municipality.

The singers
Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the human voice, which is often contrasted with regular speech. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist....
"Fattern" and Christel Alsos both grew up and lived in Fauske before they left for higher education and to pursue solo-careers.

Simon Slåttvik
Simon Slåttvik

Simon Sl?ttvik was a Norway nordic combined skier who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won gold in individual event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo....
(born 24 July 1917 in Valnesfjord) is a wellknown skiier in the Nordic combined
Nordic combined

The Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping....
event who won a gold medal
Gold medal

A gold medal is typically the highest medal awarded for achievement in a non-military field. The concept comes from the military, initially with a simple recognition of military rank, and later decorations for admission to military orders dating back to medieval times....
during the 1952 Winter Olympics
1952 Winter Olympics

The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1952 in Oslo, Norway....
in Oslo
Oslo

is the Capital and largest List of cities in Norway in Norway.Metropolitan Oslo or the Greater Oslo Region makes up the third largest urban area in Scandinavia after Metropolitan Stockholm and Metropolitan Copenhagen....
.

Alexander Os
Alexander Os

Alexander Os is a Norway biathlon....
in biathlon
Biathlon

Biathlon is a term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines. However, biathlon usually refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle....
.

Fauske

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Coat-of-arms

Economy

Transportation

Nature

Climate

Notable residents

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