Saksenvik

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Saksenvik (Norway)
Coordinates: 67°06′28″N15°27′10″E / 67.10778°N 15.45278°E / 67.10778; 15.45278 Coordinates: 67°06′28″N15°27′10″E / 67.10778°N 15.45278°E / 67.10778; 15.45278
Country Norway
Region Northern Norway
County Nordland
District Salten
Municipality Saltdal
Elevation [1] 22 m (72 ft)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code8250 Rognan

Saksenvik is a basic statistical unit in the Nedre Saltdal subarea of the municipality of Saltdal in Nordland county, Norway. European route E6 passes through Saksenvik, part of the way via the Saksenvik Tunnel. Since 2012, the Saksenvik Hydroelectric Power Station has produced electricity in the region. [2]

The basic statistical unit is a type of statistical unit used by Statistics Norway to provide stable and coherent geographical units for regional statistics in Norway. Basic statistical units are subdivisions of municipalities, and cover generally homogeneous areas. Most basic statistical units include a few hundred inhabitants, but as their borders are near constant, this can vary widely over time.

Saltdal Municipality in Nordland, Norway

Saltdal is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rognan. Other villages in Saltdal include Røkland and Lønsdal.

Nordland County (fylke) of Norway

Nordland is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. The county administration is in Bodø. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen has been administered from Nordland since 1995.

Saksenvik known for several quernstone quarries from earlier times, [3] including above the settlement at Vassliheia at an elevation of 465 meters (1,526 ft). [4] :105–106 Quernstone production in Saltdal has been documented since the Middle Ages; in 1432 Aslak Bolt's cadastre recorded a quarry at Setså. [4] :113 Such old written sources do not exist for Saksenvik, and it has been suggested that in earlier times quernstones from Saksenvik were delivered to Setså as a central purchasing and shipping station. [5]

<i>Aslak Bolts cadastre</i>

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A heritage project is being funded in cooperation between landowners and the municipality of Saltdal, and it has documented quarries for tourists with information boards, signage, and picnic areas. [6] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Saksenvik" (in Norwegian). yr.no . Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  2. ↑ Offentlig journal. August 9, 2012. Saltdal Kommune, p. 1.
  3. ↑ Pettersen, Dag. 2008. Planlegger kulturpark i Saksenvik. an.no (September 30).
  4. 1 2 Helberg, Bjørn Hebba. 2010. Kvernsteinsindustri i vikingtid og tidlig middelalder i Saltdal kommune, Nordland fylke. Viking. Norsk arkeologisk årbok 73: 103–120.
  5. ↑ Titland, Helge P. 2003. Kvernsteinsbruddene i Saltdal. Saltdalsboka 2002/2003, pp. 35–43. Rognan: Saltdal kommune.
  6. ↑ Titland, Helge P. 2006. Kulturminneregistreringer av kvernsteinsbruddene i Saksenvik. Unpublished report.
  7. ↑ Lindahl, Ingvar. 2008. Granatglimmerskifrene i Saksenvik – Setså området; tidligere brukt som kvernstein – nå til bruk som unik bygningstein, Saltdal kommune, Nordland. (= NGU rapport no. 2008.075). Trondheim: Norges geologiske undersøkelse.
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