Sørreisa (village)
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Sørreisa Municipality Sørreisa ( sme, Ráisavuona suohkan) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sørreisa. Other villages include Grunnreisa, Skøelva, and Smørsgård. The munici ...
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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 (also known as ''Straumen'') is located at the eastern end of the Reisafjorden, an arm off of the main
Solbergfjorden Solbergfjorden is a fjord (or more accurately, a strait) on the southeastern side of the large island of Senja in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It lies in the municipalities of Dyrøy, Sørreisa, and Senja or is an island in Troms og ...
, and north of the lake Reisvatnet. The village of
Skøelva Skøelva or Skøelv is the second largest village in Sørreisa Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory ...
is located about southwest of Sørreisa. Sørreisa is the location of the intersection of
Norwegian County Road 86 County Road 86 ( no, Fylkesvei 86) is a highway in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The eastern end of the road begins in the village of Andselv (in the Bardufoss area of Målselv Municipality). It then heads west to the Gisund Bridge connecti ...
and Norwegian County Road 84. Straumen Chapel is the main church for the village. The village has a population (2017) of 1,538 which gives the village a
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Sørreisa Villages in Troms {{Troms-geo-stub