Silsand
Sign in to saveor is a village in Senja Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located on the eastern shore of the large island of Senja. The village has a population (2023) of 1,638 and a population density of .
Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Silsand.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Silsand with the bridge to Finnsnes
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- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 11
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- village
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- Troms#Norway
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- Silsand
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- left
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- Country
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- Norway
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- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Northern Norway
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- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Troms
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- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Midt-Troms
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- Municipality
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- Population
- 1654
- Area
- 1.05
- Elevation
- 12
- Image
- Silsand.JPG
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or is a village in Senja Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located on the eastern shore of the large island of Senja. The village has a population (2023) of 1,638 and a population density of .
Silsand is now considered a suburb of the neighboring town of Finnsnes, which is located across the Gisundet strait on the mainland. Before the construction of the Gisund Bridge, Silsand consisted of just a few houses. With the construction of the bridge and the change in rural Norwegian demographics, the population has experienced a rapid increase since the early 1980s. Most of the new inhabitants come from other smaller villages in the Midt-Troms area.
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