Jump to content

Drevja Municipality

Coordinates: 65°59′N 13°15′E / 65.983°N 13.250°E / 65.983; 13.250
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by The Anomebot2 (talk | contribs) at 11:56, 31 March 2011 (Adding geodata: {{coord|65|59|N|13|15|E|display=title|region:NO_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}}). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Drevja Church
The Drevje Valley as seen from Drevjamoen

Drevja is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The Geographical Coordinates for this place is: 65° 59' 0" North, 13° 15' 0" East.

Drevja was separated from Vefsn as a municipality of its own July 1, 1927. It was merged with Vefsn again January 1, 1962.

The municipality was named after the river of Drevja (which comes from the lake of Drevvatnet). The name of the river is derived from the word drav (meaning 'rubbish' or 'waste'), and the meaning is 'the river with unclean water'.

65°59′N 13°15′E / 65.983°N 13.250°E / 65.983; 13.250