Gruben is a village in the municipality of

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. Gruben sits on the southern shore of the river Ranelva and it is a southeastern suburb of the town of Mo i Rana. European route E12 originally passed through of the village, but since 1995 it has passed north of the village. Gruben has four daycare centres, a school with secondary classes, two grocery stores, one nursing home care, two petrol stations and a lot of local businesses.

Gruben Church Gruben Church ( no, Gruben kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Rana Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the eastern part of the town of Mo i Rana. It is the church for the Gruben parish which is part of the ...

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that was built in 1965 with about 550 seats.

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