Å, Lavangen
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Å is a village
in the municipality of Lavangen
in Troms
county, Norway
. The population (2001) of the village was 79. The village is located along the shores of the Lavangen fjord
about 4 km (2.5 mi) north of the municipal centre of Tennevoll
and about 52 km (32.3 mi) east of the city of Harstad
.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the municipality of Lavangen
Lavangen
Lavangen is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tennevoll. The municipality is situated around the area of the river Spansdalelva og Lavangen fjord...
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...
. The population (2001) of the village was 79. The village is located along the shores of the Lavangen fjord
Fjord
Geologically, a fjord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created in a valley carved by glacial activity.-Formation:A fjord is formed when a glacier cuts a U-shaped valley by abrasion of the surrounding bedrock. Glacial melting is accompanied by rebound of Earth's crust as the ice...
about 4 km (2.5 mi) north of the municipal centre of Tennevoll
Tennevoll
Tennevoll is a village and the administrative centre of the municipality of Lavangen in Troms county, Norway, about straight east of the city of Harstad. Its population is 267...
and about 52 km (32.3 mi) east of the city of Harstad
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...
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See also
- Å, IbestadÅ, IbestadÅ is a village in the municipality of Ibestad in Troms county, Norway. It is located about east of the city of Harstad on the southwest side of the island of Andørja, along the Bygda strait which goes between the Vågsfjord and the Astafjord...
in Ibestad municipality, Troms, Norway - Å, TranøyÅ, TranøyÅ is a village in the municipality of Tranøy in Troms county, Norway. The village is home to 132 residents . The village is about across the Vågsfjorden from the city of Harstad...
in Tranøy municipality, Troms, Norway