Tranøy, Hamarøy Explained

Official Name:Tranøy
Other Name:Tranøya
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Nordland#Norway
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Nordland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Norway
Subdivision Name1:Northern Norway
Subdivision Name2:Nordland
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Salten
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Hamarøy
Utc Offset1:+01:00
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02:00
Postal Code Type:Post Code
Postal Code:8297 Tranøy
Coordinates:68.1835°N 15.6622°W
Elevation M:3
Elevation Footnotes:[1]

Tranøy or Tranøya is a village and ancient trade centre in the municipality of Hamarøy in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the end of a peninsula about north of the municipal centre, Oppeid. The Tranøy Lighthouse is located west of the village on a small islet connected to the mainland by a pedestrian bridge.

The novelist Knut Hamsun worked as a shop assistant at Tranøy in his younger days.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tranøy, Hamarøy (Nordland). yr.no. 2019-01-19.
  2. Web site: Tranøy – grend. Store norske leksikon. Store norske leksikon. Norwegian. 2012-05-03.