Trofors is the administrative centre

Administrative centre

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 of the municipality of Grane in Nordland

Nordland

is a county in Norway in the North Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Nord-Trøndelag in the south, Norrbottens län in Sweden to the east, Västerbottens län to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. The county administration is...

 county, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It is located at the confluence

Confluence

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 of the rivers Austervefsna and Svenningdalselva which forms the large river Vefsna

Vefsna

The river Vefsna is the largest river in Nordland county, Norway. It is long and drains a watershed of . Its headwaters lie in the mountains of Børgefjell National Park at the lake Simskardvatnet. The river runs through the municipalities of Hattfjelldal, Grane, and Vefsn. The southern parts of...

. The village of Leiren

Leiren

Leiren or Leira is a village in the municipality of Grane in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located at the northern end of the lake Nedre Fiplingvatnet. The municipal center of Trofors lies about to the northwest and the village of Majavatn lies about to the south. The local...

 lies about 25 kilometres (15.5 mi) to the southeast and the village of Majavatn

Majavatn

Majavatn is a village in the municipality of Grane in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the eastern shore of the lake Majavatnet, just west of the boundary of Børgefjell National Park...

 lies about 45 kilometres (28 mi) to the south. The 0.93 square kilometres (229.8 acre) village of Trofors has a population (2011) of 787. The population density

Population density

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 is 846 PD/km2.

Trofors lies along the European route E6

European route E6

European route E 6 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, into Norway and through almost all of the country north to Finnmark. The route ends close to the Norwegian border with Russia...

 highway, at the intersection with Norwegian National Road 73 which heads east to Hattfjelldal

Hattfjelldal

Hattfjelldal is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hattfjelldal. Other villages include Grubben, Svenskvollen, and Varntresk...

 and then to Sweden

Sweden

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. The Nordlandsbanen

Nordlandsbanen

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 railway runs through the western part of the village, stopping at Trofors Station. The main church for Trofors is Grane Church

Grane Church

Grane Church is a parish church in the municipality of Grane in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Grane, about north of the municipal center of Trofors. The church sits along the European route E06 highway, just from the river Vefsna....

, located about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to the north in the village of Grane.