Official Name: | Stonglandseidet |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Troms#Norway |
Pushpin Label: | Stonglandseidet |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
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: | 9392 Stonglandseidet |
Coordinates: | 69.0853°N 17.1722°W |
Elevation M: | 30 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Stonglandseidet is a village in Senja Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The village has a population (2001) of 225.[2] The village is home to a grocery store, bank, nursing home, Stonglandet Church, and a public school.
The village is located at the southern end of the island of Senja on the isthmus connecting the main part of the island to the Stonglandet peninsula. It is located about 41km (25miles) northeast of the city of Harstad, across the Vågsfjorden. The village of Å is 8km (05miles) to the west, and the village of Vangsvik is 32km (20miles) to the northeast.