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Ã… is a
village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
in Lavangen Municipality in
Troms og Finnmark Troms og Finnmark (; sme, Romsa ja Finnmárku ; fkv, Tromssa ja Finmarkku; fi, Tromssa ja Finnmark, lit. Troms and Finnmark in English language, English), is a Counties of Norway, county in Northern Norway, northern Norway that was established ...
county,
Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
. The village is located along the northern shore of the
Lavangen Lavangen ( se, Loabák) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tennevoll. Other villages in Lavangen include Fossbakken and Spansdalen (in the inland areas) and ...
fjord, about north of the
administrative centre An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
of
Tennevoll Tennevoll or Tennevollen is the administrative centre of Lavangen Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village lies about straight east of the town of Harstad. Tennevoll is located at the end of the Lavangsfjorden, along th ...
and about east of the town of Harstad. The population (2001) of the village was 79. The southern part of the village area is called ''Soløy'', and that is the location of Lavangen Church.


Name

The village (originally a farm) was first mentioned in 1610 ("Aa"). The name is from Old Norse ''á'', which means "(small) river"


See also

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Å, Ibestad Å is a village in Ibestad Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located about east of the town of Harstad on the southwest side of the island of Andørja, along the Bygda strait which goes between the Vågsfjorden and the A ...
in Ibestad municipality, Troms, Norway *
Å, Tranøy Å is a village in Senja Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is home to 132 residents (2001). The village is about across the Vågsfjorden from the city of Harstad. There is a daycare in Å, the school, church, and ...
in Tranøy municipality, Troms, Norway


References

Villages in Troms Lavangen {{Troms-geo-stub