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Berg Municipality (Troms)
Berg is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Troms Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was merged into the new Senja Municipality. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Skaland. Other villages included Finnsæter, Mefjordvær, and Senjahopen. The municipality was located on the western part of the large Senja (island), island of Senja. Prior to its dissolution in 2020, the municipality was the 281st largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Berg was also the 406th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 888. The municipality's population density was and its population has decreased by 5.7% over the previous decade. The municipality was the first place in the world to utilize a Hydroelectricity, hydroelectrical power station in the mining community of Hamn. When the mining industry ceased, the "electrical adventure" did ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skaland
or is a village in Senja Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The village is located on the shores of the Bergsfjorden on the northwest side of the Senja (island), island of Senja, about to the southwest of the village of Senjahopen and about southwest of the Tromsø (city), city of Tromsø. The village of Finnsæter is located about across the fjord to the south. The village had a population (2003) of 225 and a population density of . Since 2003, the population and area data for this village area has not been separately tracked by Statistics Norway. The main employer in the area is the graphite factory, Skaland Grafitverk which was founded in 1917. Berg Church (Berg), Berg Church is also located in the village. The village was the administrative centre, administrative center of the old Berg Municipality (Troms), Berg Municipality until 1 January 2020 when it was merged into Senja Municipality. Media gallery File:Finnsæter.JPG, Finnsæter File:Solnedgang.jpg, Solnedgan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
