Official Name: | Mæla |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Nordland#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
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: | 8725 Utskarpen |
Coordinates: | 66.3063°N 13.5663°W |
Elevation M: | 5 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Mæla is a village in the municipality of Rana in Nordland county, Norway. It is located along Norwegian County Road 17 at the eastern end of the Sjona fjord, about north of the villages of Utskarpen and Myklebustad.
The district surrounding the inner part of the Sjona fjord originally belonged to the municipality of Nesna. On 1 January 1964, this district (population: 543) was merged with the town of Mo i Rana, the municipality of Nord-Rana, and the northern part of Sør-Rana to create the new municipality of Rana.[2]