Settlement Type: | Neighborhood in Harstad |
Pushpin Map: | Troms#Norway |
Pushpin Label: | Stangnes |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Troms |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Central Hålogaland |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Harstad Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Coordinates: | 68.7894°N 16.5992°W |
Elevation M: | 1 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
or [2] is a neighborhood within the town of Harstad which is located in Harstad Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located on a small peninsula southeast of the city center, on the south and east sides of the Gansåsen hill. The neighborhood is bordered by the neighborhoods of Gansås and Åsby to the west, Kanebogen to the southwest, and the Vågsfjorden to the north and east.[3] Many people live in the area, where the Stangneslia barnehage (kindergarten), Stangnes barneskole (primary school), and Stangnes videregående skole (high school) are all located.
The southeastern part of Stangnes is a large industrial area called Stangnesbasen. This area was built in the 1980s to provide for those involved in the oil industry in the Barents Sea. The Stangnesodden headland to the northeast contains a former military base.