Jakobsbakken
Jakobsbakken is a small clustered village area in Fauske Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village no longer has any permanent residents, but it historically was a mining village.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Røed, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: settlement in Fauske in Nordland, Norway
- Also known as: “Jakopsbakken”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Daja Hydroelectric Power Station and Fagerli Hydroelectric Power Station.
Daja Hydroelectric Power Station
Power station
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Daja Hydroelectric Power Station is a hydroelectric power station in Fauske Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located about 2.3 kilometers east-southeast of Jakobsbakken. Daja Hydroelectric Power Station is situated 2½ km southeast of Jakobsbakken.
Fagerli Hydroelectric Power Station
Power station
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Fagerli Hydroelectric Power Station is a hydroelectric power station in Fauske Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It utilizes a drop of 232 meters between its intake reservoir at Nedre Daja and Langvatnet in Sulitjelma. Fagerli Hydroelectric Power Station is situated 3½ km northeast of Jakobsbakken.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sulitjelma.
Sulitjelma
Photo: Frankemann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sulitjelma is a village and former mining town in the Fauske municipality of Nordland, Norway. It is a trailhead for treks to the Sulitjelmaisen and Blåmansisen glaciers and nearby fells, as well as for the 800 km Nordkalottleden trail.
Jakobsbakken
- Categories: mine, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Fauske, Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
67.09526° or 67° 5′ 43″ northLongitude
16.00588° or 16° 0′ 21″ eastElevation
580 metres (1,903 feet)Open location code
9FVR32W4+49OpenStreetMap ID
node 2561169674OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Irish to Swedish—“Jakobsbakken” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Jakobsbakken”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jakobsbakken”
- Norwegian: “Jakobsbakken”
- Swedish: “Jakobsbakken”
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