Tana bru ( sme, Deanušaldi) is the

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Deatnu-Tana Municipality or is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tana bru. Among the other villages in the municipality are Austertana, Bonakas, Polmak, Rustefjelbma, and Skiippagurra. ...

Troms og Finnmark Troms og Finnmark (; sme, Romsa ja Finnmárku ; fkv, Tromssa ja Finmarkku; fi, Tromssa ja Finnmark, lit. Troms and Finnmark in English language, English), is a Counties of Norway, county in Northern Norway, northern Norway that was established ...

county,

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. The village lies on the western bank of the Tana River, along the

European route E6 European route E6 ( no, Europavei 6, sv, Europaväg 6, or simply E6) is the main north-south thoroughfare through Norway as well as the west coast of Sweden. It is long and runs from the southern tip of Sweden at Trelleborg, into Norway and t ...

highway. The village has a population (2017) of 728 which gives the village a

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of . The village is named ''"Tana bru"'' which means ''"Tana Bridge"'' in

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, and the actual

Tana Bridge The Tana Bridge ( no, Tana bru) is a bridge that crosses the Tana River in Troms og Finnmark, Norway. It is located in a village also called ''Tana bru''. The bridge was opened for traffic on 15 September 2020. It is a 260 meter long cable-staye ...

(on the E6 highway) crosses the river at this village, connecting Tana bru to the village of

Skiippagurra Skiippagurra is a village in Deatnu-Tana Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located to the east of the Tana River, approximately south of the municipal centre, Tana bru Tana bru ( sme, Deanušaldi) is the admi ...

on the other side of the river.

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Villages in Finnmark Populated places of Arctic Norway Tana, Norway {{Finnmark-geo-stub