or is the

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Balsfjord Municipality Balsfjord ( - ; ) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Storsteinnes. Other notable villages include Mestervik, Mortenhals ...

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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. The village has a population (2023) of 1,107 and a

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of . This makes it the largest urban area in the municipality. Storsteinnes Chapel is located in this village.

Location

Storsteinnes is located at the southern end of the Sørkjosen, which is a branch of the main Balsfjorden. The

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highway formerly passed through the central part of the village, but the highway was rebuilt and moved. It now passes about southeast of the village center. The Sagelv river runs through the village and Josefvatnet lake is located to the northwest of the village. The village of Nordkjosbotn is about to the east of Storsteinnes.

Economy

Most of the economy of Storsteinnes involves municipal services, but

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is also important. Tine runs a dairy in Storsteinnes, which is one of Norway's largest producers of

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. They also produce a special kind of goat milk cheese called ''Balsfjordost''.

References

{{Authority control Villages in Troms Populated places of Arctic Norway Balsfjord