Årstein
Sign in to saveor is the administrative centre of Gratangen Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The village is located on the north side of the Gratangsfjorden at the narrowest point along the fjord. The Årstein Bridge crosses the fjord here. The village is located about northwest of the village of Fjordbotn (at the head of the fjord) and about from the village of Hilleshamn (where the Gratangsfjorden empties into the Astafjorden).
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- Locality
- Årstein - Árjogeargi
- Region
- Troms
- Country
- Norge
- Population
- 0
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- Instance of
- administrative centre
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Gratangen Municipality
- Elevation
- 22
- Capital of
- Gratangen Municipality
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- Årsteinbrua.jpg
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or is the administrative centre of Gratangen Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The village is located on the north side of the Gratangsfjorden at the narrowest point along the fjord. The Årstein Bridge crosses the fjord here. The village is located about northwest of the village of Fjordbotn (at the head of the fjord) and about from the village of Hilleshamn (where the Gratangsfjorden empties into the Astafjorden).
The Årstein area has 211 inhabitants (as of 2010), making it the largest urbanized area in the municipality. Gratangen Church is located in the village. It was designed in a modernist style by Oskar Nordeval and opened in 1971.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Årstein” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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