Mosjøen is a town in the municipality of Vefsn in Nordland county, Norway. Vefsn is a municipality in the county of Nordland, Norway Geography The centre of Vefsn is the town of Mosjøen, situated innermost in Vefsnfjord is a county in Norway, bordering Troms in the north Nord-Trøndelag in the south Norrbottens län in Sweden to the east Västerbottens Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional The town has approximately 10,000 inhabitants.
Mosjøen was separated from Vefsn as a town, and municipality of its own, in 1876. It was again merged with Vefsn January 1, 1962.
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Geography
The town is situated where the rivers Vefsna and Skjerva flow into the Vefsnfjord (Vefsnfjorden means "the Vefsn fjord"); the town centre lies in between these two rivers on flat land near the head of the fjord. The Vefsna is the largest river in Nordland county Norway. It is 163 km long and drains a watershed of 4122 km² Vefsnfjord is a Fjord in Helgeland traditional district, Nordland county Norway. A fjord or fiord (fjɔːd|fiːɔːd or fiːɔːd is a long narrow Inlet with steep sides created in a valley carved by glacial activity. The Vefsna river is the largest in Nordland by waterflow. In addition to the rivers and the fjord, the town is surrounded by mountains, green hills and forests. The Øyfjellet mountain (814 m) just west of the town is a well known landmark.
History
Mosjøen was founded in the 1600s or 1700s as local farmers met here to trade, and has been growing since then. Sawmills were built here in 1866 by a British company, and Mosjøen got township rights in 1875. It is the oldest town in the Helgeland region and the second oldest town in Nordland county. This article is about the landscape in Norway For the article about the island Helgoland in Germany see Helgoland. is a county in Norway, bordering Troms in the north Nord-Trøndelag in the south Norrbottens län in Sweden to the east Västerbottens ||-||} Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties ( Norwegian: singular fylke, plural fylker ( Bokmål Elkem has an aluminium plant in Mosjøen. Elkem is one of Norway 's largest industrial companies, and one of the world's leading suppliers of Metals and Materials The company's
Communications
The town is served by the Mosjøen Airport, Kjærstad that opened in 1987. Mosjøen Airport Kjærstad (Mosjøen lufthavn Kjærstad is a Regional airport serving Mosjøen in Nordland, Norway. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The E6 road goes through Mosjøen, as does the Nordlandsbanen railway line. E6 is the designation for the main north-south road in Norway, and the west coast of Sweden, running from the southern tip of Sweden, at Trelleborg Mosjøen is 390 km north of Trondheim by road, and 90 km south of Mo i Rana. (Trondhjem is a city and municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. Mo i Rana is a town in the municipality of Rana, Nordland, Norway, located just south of the Arctic Circle.
Sister cities
External links
- http://www.mosjoen.com/
- http://www.vefsnslekt.org (Genealogy)
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