Silsand is a village in
Senja Municipality in
Troms og Finnmark county,
Norway. It is located on the eastern shore of the large
island of Senja. The village has a population (2017) of 1,583 which gives the village a
population density of .
Silsand is now considered a suburb of the neighboring
town of
Finnsnes, which is located across the
Gisundet strait on the mainland. Before the construction of the
Gisund Bridge, Silsand consisted of just a few houses. With the construction of the bridge and the change in rural Norwegian demographics, the population has experienced a rapid increase since the early 1980s. Most of the new inhabitants come from other smaller villages in the Midt-Troms area.
Silsand has three schools: ''Småslettan skole'' (1-4th grade), ''Silsand barneskole'' (5-7th grade) and ''Silsand ungdomsskole'' (8-10th grade).
FK Senja, a football club, is also based in Silsand, with their home field in the neighboring village of
Laukhella. Storevatnet lake is located just northwest of the town.
References
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Villages in Troms
Lenvik
Populated places of Arctic Norway
Senja