Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Troms#Norway |
Pushpin Label: | Storsteinnes |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Troms |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Hålogaland |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Balsfjord Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 1.2 |
Population As Of: | 2023 |
Population Total: | 1107 |
Population Density Km2: | 923 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 9050 Storsteinnes |
Coordinates: | 69.2407°N 19.2345°W |
Elevation M: | 8 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
or [2] is the administrative center of Balsfjord Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The 1.2km2 village has a population (2023) of 1,107 and a population density of .[3] This makes it the largest urban area in the municipality. Storsteinnes Chapel is located in this village.
Storsteinnes is located at the southern end of the Sørkjosen, which is a branch of the main Balsfjorden. The European route E6 highway formerly passed through the central part of the village, but the highway was rebuilt and moved. It now passes about southeast of the village center. The Sagelv river runs through the village and Josefvatnet lake is located 2.5km (01.6miles) to the northwest of the village. The village of Nordkjosbotn is about to the east of Storsteinnes.[4]
Most of the economy of Storsteinnes involves municipal services, but agriculture is also important. Tine runs a dairy in Storsteinnes, which is one of Norway's largest producers of Brunost. They also produce a special kind of goat milk cheese called Balsfjordost.