Ramsund is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
in
Tjeldsund Municipality
or is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The southwestern part of the municipality is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Ofoten and the rest of the municipality is ...
in
Troms
Troms (; ; ; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. It borders Finnmark county to the northeast and Nordland county in the southwest. Norrbotten Län in Sweden is located to the south and further southeast is a shorter border with ...
county,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
. The village is located on the eastern shore of the Ramsundet
strait
A strait is a water body connecting two seas or water basins. The surface water is, for the most part, at the same elevation on both sides and flows through the strait in both directions, even though the topography generally constricts the ...
, just south of the
Ramsund Bridge. The village has a population (2022) of 318 and a
population density
Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...
of .
Ramsund Chapel is located in this village. The main Norwegian Naval base for the north is located south of the village and is the home for the
Marinejegerkommandoen
''Marinejegerkommandoen'' (MJK) () is the maritime/naval special warfare unit of the Norwegian Armed Forces and was established in 1953.
The MJK is under the command of the Norwegian Special Operations Command (NORSOCOM) together with the '' ...
unit.
170205-N-N0901-001 (32033488683).jpg, Norwegian Navy and US Navy personnel in the hills above Ramsund in Feb 2017
Ramsundet,_Nordlands_amt_-_fo30141512100010.jpg, Historical image of Ramsundet strait, taken 1900-1910
References
External links
*
Official Navy Base website
Tjeldsund
Villages in Troms
Populated places of Arctic Norway
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