Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Troms#Norway |
Pushpin Label: | Å |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Troms |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Hålogaland |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Lavangen Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 9357 Tennevoll |
Coordinates: | 68.7839°N 17.7817°W |
Elevation M: | 15 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
or [2] is a village in Lavangen Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The village is located along the eastern shore of the Lavangen fjord, about north of the administrative centre of Tennevoll and about east of the town of Harstad. The village of Soløy lies immediately south of Å, forming one large village area through conurbation. The population (2001) of the village was 79.[3]
The village (originally a farm) was first mentioned in 1610 ("Aa"). The name is from Old Norse á, which means "(small) river".