Korgen is the administrative centre of Hemnes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village located along the river Røssåga, about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south of the village of Bjerka. Korgen is connected by the European route E6 highway to the nearby towns of Mo i Rana and Mosjøen. The eastern end of the Korgfjell Tunnel is located in Korgen. The village of Bleikvassli lies about 20 kilometres (12 mi) to the south along the Norwegian County Road 806. The 0.9-square-kilometre (220-acre) village has a population (2017) of 878 which gives the village a population density of 976 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,530/sq mi).[1] This makes it the largest urban area in the municipality.
Korgen Church is a cruciform church that's been located in the village since 1863. It was built of timber and has 450 seats. Korgen Sports Club (Korgen Idrettslag) was founded in 1935 as a sports club for Korgen. The sports club has sports like skiing, soccer, orienteering and team handball.[3] The village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Korgen from 1918 until its dissolution in 1964.[4]
Krogen was also used as a satellite prison camp during the World War Two, mainly for Yugoslavian population.
^ abcStatistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2017). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
Korgen is the administrative centre of Hemnes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village located along the river Røssåga, about 8 kilometres...
assigned to the Korgen prison camp was killed. The commandant ordered retribution: execution by gunfire for "39 prisoners at Korgen and 20 at Osen";...
village is located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of the village of Korgen, just southwest of the lake Bleikvatnet. Bleikvasslia is a former mining...
Norway. The tunnel connects Knutli in Vefsn Municipality with the village of Korgen in Hemnes Municipality. Work on the tunnel started in September 2001 and...
Korgen Church (Norwegian: Korgen kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hemnes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in...
Rachel; Brown, Amy K. (2001). Paris. Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-85828-679-2. Korgen, Kathleen Odell; White, Jonathan Michael (2008). The Engaged Sociologist:...
region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Korgen. Other villages include Bjerka, Bleikvasslia, Hemnesberget, and Sund. The...
Carey 1958. see for example the milestone paper of Lyman & Fleming 1940. Korgen 1995, Spiess & Kuperman 2003. Kious & Tilling 1996. Frankel 1987. Joly 1909...
prisoners of war lived and worked in the Dunderland Valley, Nord-Rana, and Korgen.[citation needed] There are two cemeteries in Botn, one for the Yugoslavs...
ISBN 978-1-85109-815-6. Shelley K. White; Jonathan M. White; Kathleen Odell Korgen (27 May 2014). Sociologists in Action on Inequalities: Race, Class, Gender...
February 23, 2007. Bales 2004, p. 4. White, Shelley K.; White, Jonathan M.; Korgen, Kathleen Odell (2014). Sociologists in Action on Inequalities: Race, Class...
Saint Paul, Minnesota: Macalester College. Retrieved 5 September 2015. Korgen 2007, p. 57. "LatAm's First Elected Female President Nicaragua's Violeta...
1259M. doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1961)72[1259:MSOTWC]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0016-7606. Korgen, Ben J. (1995). "A voice from the past: John Lyman and the plate tectonics...
NOAA. Archived from the original on 2008-09-16. Retrieved 2023-01-01. Korgen, Ben (February 2000). "Bonanza for Lake Superior: Seiches Do More Than Move...
Lager 3 Rognan and Lager 4 Karasjok—and their satellite prison camps at Korgen, Osen, and at Lake Jernvann on Bjørnfjell.) The number of individuals victimized...
Archived from the original (PDF) on May 17, 2008. Retrieved April 19, 2017. Korgen, Ben (February 2000). "Bonanza for Lake Superior: Seiches Do More Than Move...
The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-05-04. Kathleen Odell Korgen; Jonathan M. White (1 August 2008). The Engaged Sociologist: Connecting...
between the years 1965 and 1969. Bjellaanes was involved in local politics in Korgen and Vefsn between the years 1959 and 1963. He was elected to the Norwegian...
Centre Party. He hails from and resides in Bjerka in Hemnes. He was born in Korgen, and is a brother of Gerd-Liv Valla. He was an able track and field athlete...
Hemnesberget and about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north of the municipal center of Korgen. The 0.75-square-kilometre (190-acre) village has a population (2018) of...
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