Official Name: | Vangsvik / Vangsvika |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Troms#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Label: | Vangsvik |
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 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.4 |
Population As Of: | 2023 |
Population Total: | 276 |
Population Density Km2: | 690 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 9304 Vangsvik |
Coordinates: | 69.1706°N 17.7339°W |
Elevation M: | 20 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Vangsvik or Vangsvika is a village in Senja Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The village has a population of about 350. The village has a school, Vangsvik Chapel, store, and medical office. There is also a large fish farming facility nearby. The Senja Rutebil (bus company) has its headquarters in Vangsvik. The village was the administrative centre of the old Tranøy Municipality until 1 January 2020 when it was merged into Senja Municipality.
Vangsvik is located on the south side of the island of Senja, along the Solbergfjorden.[2] It is about 15km (09miles) southwest of the town of Finnsnes. Vangsvik is also about 32km (20miles) northeast of the village of Stonglandseidet and about 40km (30miles) from the village of Å.
The 0.4km2 village has a population (2023) of 276 and a population density of .[3]