or is a small village in

Balsfjord Municipality Balsfjord ( sme, Báhccavuotna ; fkv, Paatsivuono) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Storsteinnes. Other villages include Mestervik, Mortenhals, and Nordkjosb ...

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 lies about southeast of the city of Tromsø. Two major highways,

European route E6 European route E6 ( no, Europavei 6, sv, Europaväg 6, or simply E6) is the main north-south thoroughfare through Norway as well as the west coast of Sweden. It is long and runs from the southern tip of Sweden at Trelleborg, into Norway and t ...

and

European route E8 The European route E8 is a European route that goes from Tromsø, Norway to Turku, Finland. The length of the route is . * E8: Tromsø – Nordkjosbotn – Skibotn – Kilpisjärvi – Kaaresuvanto – Muonio – Tornio – Keminmaa – Kemi ...

, meet in this village, making it a major crossroads in

Northern Norway Northern Norway ( nb, Nord-Norge, , nn, Nord-Noreg; se, Davvi-Norga) is a geographical Regions of Norway, region of Norway, consisting of the two northernmost counties Nordland and Troms og Finnmark, in total about 35% of the Norwegian mainlan ...

, with an estimated annual passage of 3 million people. The village has a population (2017) of 464 which gives the village a

population density Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopul ...

of .

Nordkjosbotn Church Nordkjosbotn Church ( no, Nordkjosbotn kirke) is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Balsfjord Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Nordkjosbotn. It is one of the churches for the Balsfjord parish which ...

is located in this village.

Macks Ølbryggeri Mack Bryggeri ( en, Mack Brewery; Norwegian official name: ''Macks Ølbryggeri AS'') is a brewery in Balsfjord, Norway. It was the world's northernmost brewery, producing in Nordkjosbotn since 2012. History Mack Bryggeri was founded during 1877 ...

, a brewery, has been operating in Nordkjosbotn since 2012.

Location

Nordkjosbotn is located at the end of the Nordkjosen branch of the

Balsfjorden or is a fjord in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The long fjord runs through the municipalities of Balsfjord and Tromsø. It branches off the Tromsøysundet strait just south of the city of Tromsø and it flows in a north–south direction, ...

where the river ''Nordkjoselva'' meets the

fjord In physical geography, a fjord or fiord () is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Ice ...

. The village is about wide filling the narrow valley between several mountains, some of which are more than above sea level, most notably ''Store Russetind'' to the southwest. The village has an area of about and is located on a partially

marsh A marsh is a wetland that is dominated by herbaceous rather than woody plant species.Keddy, P.A. 2010. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 497 p Marshes can often be found at ...

alluvial plain An alluvial plain is a largely flat landform created by the deposition of sediment over a long period of time by one or more rivers coming from highland regions, from which alluvial soil forms. A floodplain is part of the process, being the sma ...

formed by the Nordkjoselva river. The village of

Storsteinnes Storsteinnes is the administrative center of Balsfjord Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village has a population (2017) of 1,076 which gives the village a population density of . This makes it the largest urban area in the ...

lies about west of Nordkjosbotn and the village of

Hatteng Hatteng ( se, Háhtta; fkv, Hattu) is the administrative centre of Storfjord Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located along the European route E06 highway at the southern end of the Storfjorden, Troms, Storfjorden ...

(in

Storfjord Municipality Storfjord ( se, Omasvuotna ; fkv, Omasvuono) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms og Finnmark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hatteng. Other villages in ...

) lies about to the east.

Gallery

A view towards Nordkjosbotn at Balsfjorden.JPG, A morning view towards Nordkjosbotn from a road stop on the E6. NH BD Nordkjosbotn kirke1.jpg,

Navnesteinen ved Nordkjosbotn.jpg, The Name Stone near Nordkjosbotn.

References

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