Hansnes is a village and the administrative centre of Karlsøy

Karlsøy

Karlsøy is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hansnes. Karlsøy is also the name of a village on Karlsøya island in the municipality of Karlsøy. The village of Karlsøy had a population of 70.- General information :Karlsøy was...

 municipality in Troms

Troms

or Romsa is a county in North Norway, bordering Finnmark to the northeast and Nordland in the southwest. To the south is Norrbotten Län in Sweden and further southeast is a shorter border with Lapland Province in Finland. To the west is the Norwegian Sea...

 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...

. Its population (2009) is 305. The village is located on the northeast side of the island of Ringvassøy

Ringvassøy

Ringvassøya is a large island in Troms county, Norway. It is divided between the municipalities of Tromsø and Karlsøy.With an area of , Ringvassøy is the sixth largest island in mainland Norway. The island's highest point, Soltindan, has a height of above sea level. The long Skogsfjordvatnet...

, along the Langsundet strait

Strait

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. By car, it is about 58 km (36 mi) northeast of the city of Tromsø

Tromsø

Tromsø is a city and municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø.Tromsø city is the ninth largest urban area in Norway by population, and the seventh largest city in Norway by population...

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Hansnes is home to stores, gas station, bank, café, medical center, church, school, day care

Day care

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, and nursing home

Nursing home

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s. There is also a ferry connection to the nearby islands of Karlsøya

Karlsøya (Troms)

Karlsøya is an island in Karlsøy, Troms, Norway. The name Karlsøy comes from the man's name Kalfr which comes from Kalven, formerly meaning "the little island which lies next to the bigger one", referring to Vanna. Karlsøya lies directly south of Vanna and north-east of Reinøya...

, Vanna

Vanna (Troms)

Vanna is a rocky island in Karlsøy municipality, Troms county, Norway. Its area is . The highest peak is Vanntinden at a height of above sea level. The population of the island is 973. Vanna is the 17th largest island in Norway by area...

, and Reinøya

Reinøya

Reinøya is an island in the municipality of Karlsøy in Troms county, Norway. Its area is . The southern part of the island was part of the municipality of Tromsø until 2008 when it was transferred to Karlsøy....

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