Kasfjord
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Kasfjord is a village in the municipality of Harstad
in Troms
county, Norway
. Its population (2009) is 264. The village is located at the end of the Kasfjorden on the north side of Hinnøya
island, about 10 km (6.2 mi) west of the city of Harstad. The Kasfjordvannet lake is located along the east side of the village.
Harstad
is the second largest city and municipality by population, in Troms county, Norway – the city is also the third largest in North Norway. Thus Harstad is the natural centre for its district. Situated approximately north of the Arctic Circle, the city celebrated its 100th anniversary in...
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 264. The village is located at the end of the Kasfjorden on the north side of Hinnøya
Hinnøya
-Geography and environment:Covering an area of , it is the fourth-largest island in the country, and the largest off the mainland. The western part of the island is in the Vesterålen district, while the southwestern part is in Lofoten. As of 2006, it had a population of 31,851, of which the only...
island, about 10 km (6.2 mi) west of the city of Harstad. The Kasfjordvannet lake is located along the east side of the village.