Storsteinnes is the

administrative center 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, L ...

of Balsfjord 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), is a county in northern Norway that was established on 1 January 2020 as the result of a regional reform ...

county,

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. The village has a population (2017) of 1,076 which gives the village a

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of . This makes it the largest urban area in the municipality.

Storsteinnes Chapel Storsteinnes Chapel ( no, Storsteinnes kapell) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Balsfjord Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located on the south side of the village of Storsteinnes. It is one of the churches for ...

is located in this village.

Location

Storsteinnes is located at the southern end of the Sørkjosen, which is a branch of the main Balsfjorden. The

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 ...

highway formerly passed through the central part of the village, but the highway now passes about southeast of the village center. The Sagelv river runs through the village and Josefvatnet lake is located to the northwest of the village. The village of Nordkjosbotn is about to the east of Storsteinnes.

Economy

Most of the economy of Storsteinnes involves municipal services, but

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is also important.

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runs a dairy in Storsteinnes, which is one of Norway's largest producers of

Brunost Brunost ("brown cheese") is a common Norwegian name for mysost ("whey cheese"; da, myseost; sv, mesost; fi, mesjuusto; is, mysuostur), a family of cheese-related foods made with whey, milk, and/or cream. The term is often used to just refer ...

. They also produce a special kind of goat milk cheese called ''Balsfjordost''.

References

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