Vangsvik or Vangsvika is a village in
Senja Municipality
Senja is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It was established on 1 January 2020 when the municipalities of Berg, Lenvik, Torsken, and Tranøy were merged into one municipality. It is located in the traditional district of Hå ...
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
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. The village has a population of about 350. The village has a school,
Vangsvik Chapel, store, and medical office. There is also a large
fish farming
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Fish farming or ...
facility nearby. The
Senja Rutebil (bus company) has its headquarters in Vangsvik. The village was the
administrative centre of the old municipality of
Tranøy
Tranøy is a former municipality that was located in the old Troms county, Norway. The municipality is situated on the southern coast of the large island of Senja. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was me ...
until 1 January 2020 when it was merged into
Senja Municipality
Senja is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It was established on 1 January 2020 when the municipalities of Berg, Lenvik, Torsken, and Tranøy were merged into one municipality. It is located in the traditional district of Hå ...
.
Vangsvik is located on the south side of the
island of Senja, along the
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 ...
.
It is about southwest of the town of
Finnsnes
Finnsnes () is a small town that is the administrative centre of Senja Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The town is located on the mainland part of Norway, just across the Gisundet strait from the island of Senja. The Gisund ...
in neighboring
Lenvik
Lenvik ( sme, Leaŋgáviika) is a former municipality that was located in the old Troms county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020. The municipality was partly situated on the mainland and partly on the isla ...
municipality. Vangsvik is also about northeast of the village of
Stonglandseidet and about from the village of
Å.
The village has a population (2017) of 285 which gives the village a
population density
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of .
References
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Villages in Troms
Populated places of Arctic Norway
Senja