Lenvik Municipality
Lenvik kommune | |
|---|---|
| Lenviken herred (historic name) | |
 View of Finnsnes | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Troms within Norway | |
 Lenvik within Troms | |
| Coordinates: 69°23′01″N 17°58′03″E / 69.38361°N 17.96750°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 | Finnsnes |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2011–2019) | Geir-Inge Sivertsen (H) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 892.58 km2 (344.63 sq mi) |
| • Land | 848.77 km2 (327.71 sq mi) |
| • Water | 43.81 km2 (16.92 sq mi) 4.9% |
| • Rank | #126 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,202.8 m (3,946.2 ft) |
| Population (2019) | |
| • Total | 11,679 |
| • Rank | #101 in Norway |
| • Density | 13.1/km2 (34/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  +4.2% |
| Demonym | Lenvikværing[2] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1931[4] |
Lenvik (Northern Sami: Leaŋgáviika) is a former municipality in Troms county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020. The municipality was partly situated on the mainland and partly on the island of Senja in what is now Senja Municipality. The administrative centre was the town of Finnsnes, where the Gisund Bridge connects Senja to the mainland on Norwegian County Road 86. Other villages in the municipality included Aglapsvik, Gibostad, Botnhamn, Fjordgård, Finnfjordbotn, Husøy, Langnes, Laukhella, Silsand, and Rossfjordstraumen.
Prior to its dissolution in 2020, the 893-square-kilometre (345 sq mi) municipality was the 126th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Lenvik was also the 101st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 11,679. The municipality's population density was 13.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (34/sq mi) and its population has increased by 4.2% over the previous decade.[5][6]
- ^ "Høgaste fjelltopp i kvar kommune" (in Norwegian). Kartverket. 16 January 2024. Archived from the original on 12 March 2019.
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2018). "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 December 2018.