Finnfjordbotn Explained

Nickname:Finnsnes Øst
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Troms#Norway
Pushpin Label:Finnfjordbotn
Pushpin Label Position:left
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Norway
Subdivision Name1:Northern Norway
Subdivision Name2:Troms
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Midt-Troms
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Senja Municipality
Utc Offset1:+01:00
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02:00
Postal Code Type:Post Code
Postal Code:9300 Silsand
Coordinates:69.2306°N 18.0889°W
Elevation M:14
Elevation Footnotes:[1]

or [2], popularly known as Finnsnes Øst, is a village in Senja Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is a suburb of the neighboring town of Finnsnes and is located 4km (02miles) east of the city center at the intersection where Norwegian County Road 86 and Norwegian County Road 855 meet. The district, which has approx. 600 inhabitants (with Finnfjord 783 inhabitants, 2009), includes some housing estates from the 1970s and 1980s, but it is especially the industry that is dominant. At Botnhågen, there are several small industries and other commercial buildings, including a bakery, waste incineration plant, car dealers and car inspections 1.5km (00.9miles) south towards Sørreisa is the Finnfjord smelter.

Finnfjord smelter is located in Finnfjordbotn and produces approximately 100,000 tonnes of ferrosilicon a year.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Finnfjordbotn, Senje. yr.no. Norwegian. 2021-05-19.
  2. Web site: Informasjon om stadnamn. Norgeskart. Kartverket. no. 2024-07-19.
  3. Aftenposten, 27. april 2013
  4. http://www.finnfjord.no/ Finnfjord smelteverks nettsted