Vangsvik
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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.
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Vangsvik / Vangsvika
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- Village
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- View of the village
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- yes
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- 11
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- village
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- Troms#Norway
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- right
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- Vangsvik
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- Country
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- Norway
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- Region
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- Northern Norway
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- County
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- Troms
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- District
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- Midt-Troms
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- Municipality
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Senja Municipality
- Population
- 269
- Area
- 0.39
- Elevation
- 20
- Capital of
- Tranøy Municipality
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- located in/on physical feature
- Senja
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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. It is about southwest of the town of Finnsnes. Vangsvik is also about northeast of the village of Stonglandseidet and about from the village of Å.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vangsvik” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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