Renså is a small village in

Tjeldsund Municipality Tjeldsund ( sme, Dielddanuorri) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The southwestern part of the municipality is part of the traditional district of Ofoten and the rest of the municipality is part of Central Hålogaland. The ...

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county,

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. It is located just east of the slightly larger village of Tovik, and about east of the village of Sandstrand. The population (2001) of Renså is 69. The village is located next to the Rensåelva river which flows into the

Astafjorden Astafjorden is a fjord (more accurately, a strait) in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It flows through the municipalities of Salangen, Gratangen, Ibestad, and Tjeldsund. The long fjord flows from the Salangen fjord in the east to the Våg ...

from the Rensåvatnet lake. The nearest larger village is Grov, about to the east.

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is the main economic activity. The football grounds of the sports club IL Santor are situated on the ridge just above the village, which is called ''Rensåhøgda''.

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Villages in Troms Tjeldsund {{troms-geo-stub