Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Nordland#Norway |
Pushpin Label: | Majavatn |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Nordland |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Helgeland |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Grane Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 8680 Trofors |
Coordinates: | 65.1676°N 13.3691°W |
Elevation M: | 321 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
or [2] is a village in Grane Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the eastern shore of the lake Majavatnet, just west of the boundary of Børgefjell National Park. The village of Leiren lies about to the northeast and the municipal center of Trofors lies about to the north.
Both European route E6 highway and the Nordland Line railway pass through the village of Majavatn. Majavatn Station is the local railway station. It lies from Trondheim Central Station and it sits at an elevation of above sea level. Majavatn Church is located in the village and serves the southern part of the municipality.
Southern Sami reindeer herders drive their reindeer through the area around Majavatn.[3]
During the Second World War there were confrontations between Germans and Norwegian citizens at Tangen farm. Many of the Norwegians involved were later executed by the Germans at Falstad concentration camp in 1942. These events were later known as the Majavatn affair.