Saltdal

	Saltdal
	Saltdal
Basic data
Commune number :	1840
Province (county) :	North country
Administrative headquarters:	Rognan
Coordinates :	66 ° 52 ′ N , 15 ° 22 ′ E Coordinates: 66 ° 52 ′ N , 15 ° 22 ′ E
Surface:	2,216.19 km²
Residents:	4,671 (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density :	2 inhabitants per km²
Language form :	Bokmål
Website:	www.saltdal.kommune.no
politics
Mayor :	Rune Berg ( Sp ) (2015)
Location in the province of Nordland

Saltdal is a municipality in the Norwegian province of Nordland . The center of the commune is Rognan .

Saltdal is a few kilometers north of the Arctic Circle . The municipality stretches from the fjord to the mountains and has a total area of 2216 km². About 1300 km² of this is designated as a nature reserve. The Saltdal area is one of the driest regions in Norway. In 1999 only 99 mm of precipitation was measured.

Attractions

Junkerdal is a valley that extends to the east. The area was declared a national park in 2004. The size is 682 km². Rare orchids grow in the valley that are otherwise not found so far north.

Saltdal Museum is about 1 km north of Rognan. The museum is arranged around a “captain's yard” built in 1750. Once a year a freighter loaded with fish and furs drove from here to Bergen and returned with everyday goods for the inhabitants of the Saltdales. Around 20 historical buildings from the area were arranged next to the “Kapitänshof”, thus forming a small open-air museum .

The Blood Path Museum is attached to the Saltdal Museum. It commemorates the fate of the prisoners of war who had to do forced labor here from 1942 to 1945 during the German occupation of Norway . The slave laborers had to build the stretch of road between Saltnes and Saksenvik . Due to high casualties, this road was called the blood route .

Web links

Commons : Saltdal - collection of images, videos and audio files

Arctic Circle Center

Individual evidence

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