Rotsund or Rotsundelv is a village in
Nordreisa Municipality
Nordreisa ( se, Ráisa ; fkv, Raisi) 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 Storslett. Other villages include O ...
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), is a county in northern Norway that was established on 1 January 2020 as the result of a regional reform. ...
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 the ...
. The village is located along the Rotsundet strait, across from the island of
Uløya
or is an island in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The island is situated on the east side of the Lyngen fjord and it is divided between Skjervøy and Nordreisa municipalities. The island has an area of , and the highest point is Blåtinden a ...
. The village sits along the river Rotsundelva, along the
European route E06
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 thr ...
highway about northwest of the municipal centre of
Storslett.
Rotsund Chapel is located in this village. On the western end of the village, there is a
ferry port with regular ferry service to Hamnes and Klauvnes on the island of Uløya.
References
Villages in Troms
Nordreisa
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