Korgen

Korgen is a village and a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is also the administrative center of the municipality of Hemnes. The former municipality is the southern part of the present-day municipality of Hemnes.

The village of Korgen is the largest village and the administrative center of the municipality of Hemnes. Korgen is connected by road to Mo i Rana, Mosjøen, and Bleikvassli. The 0.88-square-kilometre (220-acre) village has a population (2013) of 875. The population density is 994 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,570/sq mi).

Korgen Church is a cruciform church dating back to 1863. It was built of timber and has 450 seats. Korgen Sports Club (Korgen Idrettslag) was founded in 1935 as a sports club for Korgen. The sports club has sports like skiing, soccer, orienteering and team handball. The village is located along European route E06 and Norwegian County Road 806.

History

The village of Korgen has been around for a long time, but the municipality of Korgen was only in existence for a short time. The municipality of Korgen was established on 1 July 1918 when it was separated from the large municipality of Hemnes. Initially, the municipality had 1,369 residents. Less than 45 years later, on 1 January 1964, the municipality ceased to exist when it was merged with Hemnes, part of Sør-Rana, and part of Hattfjelldal to create a new, larger municipality of Hemnes. Prior to the merger, there were 3,033 residents in Korgen municipality.Krogen was also used as a satellite prison camp during the World War Two, mainly for Yugoslavian population.