Tranøy Municipality
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Tranøy (Northern Sami: Ránáidsullo suohkan) is a former municipality in Troms county, Norway. The municipality was situated on the southern coast of the large island of Senja. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was merged into the new Senja Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Vangsvik in the eastern part of the municipality. Other important villages included Stonglandseidet, Skrollsvika, and Å.
Tranøy Municipality
Tranøy kommune | |
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Tranø herred (historic name) | |
Coordinates: 69°11′29″N 17°21′44″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Troms |
District | Midt-Troms |
Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
• Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
Disestablished | 1 Jan 2020 |
• Succeeded by | Senja Municipality |
Administrative centre | Vangsvik |
Government | |
• Mayor (2015-2019) | Jan Fredrik Jenssen (H) |
Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 523.90 km2 (202.28 sq mi) |
• Land | 499.30 km2 (192.78 sq mi) |
• Water | 24.60 km2 (9.50 sq mi) 4.7% |
• Rank | #204 in Norway |
Highest elevation | 898.6 m (2,948.2 ft) |
Population (2019) | |
• Total | 1,513 |
• Rank | #352 in Norway |
• Density | 2.9/km2 (8/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | −1.6% |
Demonym | Tranøyværing[2] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Neutral |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-1927[4] |
Prior to its dissolution in 2020, the 524-square-kilometre (202 sq mi) municipality was the 204th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Tranøy was also the 352nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,513. The municipality's population density was 2.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.5/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 1.6% over the previous decade.[5][6]
The nearly-abandoned island of Tranøya, with the 18th-century wooden Tranøy Church, used to be the centre of activities for the municipality. From Tranøybotn it is only a short walk to the Ånderdalen National Park, with varied landscapes within a very limited area, including deep pine forests.