Official Name: | Eiteråga |
Other Name: | Eiterå |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Nordland#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nordland |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Nordland |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Helgeland |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Rana |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 8630 Storforshei |
Coordinates: | 66.3968°N 14.6678°W |
Elevation M: | 94 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Eiteråga or Eiterå is a village in the Dunderland Valley in the municipality of Rana in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located along the Ranelva river about east of the village of Storforshei and about south of the village of Dunderland. The European route E6 highway passes through the village. Stjernen Art and Silver Gallery is a local shop that produces pieces of jewelry from silver and precious stones.
The primary industry for Eiteråga is mainly farming. The Eiterå area was cleared for farming in 1723. Originally, the village was composed of two farms. Since 1749 the village has been centered on four farms, more or less equal in size. The farms were regulated by the Norwegian state in 1925.
There is a small river that passes through the village that is also named Eiteråga. The river name may mean "the cold river" which comes from the Old Norse word: . The name may also be derived from Proto-Germanic, meaning "something welling forwards". The river has its source in between the mountains Bomfjellet and Ørtfjellet.[2] [3]
. Oluf Rygh. Norske Elvenavne. Etter offentlig Foranstaltning udgivne med tilføiede Forklaringer av K. Rygh. Kristiania. 1904. 38–39.