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or is a village on the large island of Senja in Senja Municipality in Troms county, Norway. Gibostad is a former trading centre, located about north of the Gisund Bridge. Many of the buildings in the harbour area are about 200 years old. The soil is very fertile and therefore suitable for farming, which is why there is an agricultural school at Senja Upper Secondary School. The lake Lysvatnet is located just west of the village.

Key facts

Settlement.settlement_type
Village
Settlement.image_skyline
Gibostad (1).jpg
Settlement.image_caption
View of the village
Settlement.mapframe
yes
Settlement.mapframe zoom
11
Settlement.mapframe marker
village
Settlement.pushpin_map
Troms#Norway
Settlement.pushpin_label
Gibostad
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
left
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Norway
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Northern Norway
Settlement.subdivision_type2
County
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Troms
Settlement.subdivision_type3
District
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Midt-Troms
Settlement.subdivision_type4
Municipality

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Country
Norway
Population
316
Area
0.4
Elevation
8
Capital of
Lenvik
Image
Gibostad (1).jpg
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Commons category
Gibostad
located in/on physical feature
Senja
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or is a village on the large island of Senja in Senja Municipality in Troms county, Norway. Gibostad is a former trading centre, located about north of the Gisund Bridge. Many of the buildings in the harbour area are about 200 years old. The soil is very fertile and therefore suitable for farming, which is why there is an agricultural school at Senja Upper Secondary School. The lake Lysvatnet is located just west of the village.

The village has a population (2023) of 312 and a population density of .

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gibostad” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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