or is a village in

Senja Municipality Senja is a municipality in Troms 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 Hålogaland. ...

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,

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. It is located on the eastern shore of the large island of Senja. The village has a population (2023) of 1,638 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 . Silsand is now considered a suburb of the neighboring

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

Finnsnes is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town that is the administrative centre of Senja Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The town is located on the mainland part of Norway, just across the Gisundet strait from the Senja (island), island of ...

, which is located across the Gisundet strait on the mainland. Before the construction of the

Gisund Bridge Gisund Bridge () is a cantilever road bridge on Norwegian County Road 86 in Senja Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The bridge crosses the Gisundet strait from the town of Finnsnes on the mainland to the village of Silsand on the island of ...

, 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 Fotballklubben Senja is a Norwegian association football club from Silsand, Troms. The men's team currently plays in the Norwegian Fourth Division The Norwegian Fourth Division, also called 4. divisjon, is the fifth highest division of the m ...

, a football club, is also based in Silsand, with their home field in the neighboring village of

Laukhella or is a village in Senja Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The village lies to the west of the village of Silsand on the island of Senja. It is located along the Laksfjorden, about west of the town of Finnsnes. The village and surroundin ...

. Storevatnet lake is located just northwest of the town.

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