Lyngen Municipality

Lyngen Municipality
Lyngen kommune

Ivggu suohkan (Northern Sami)
Yykeän komuuni (Kven)
The peninsula as seen by Sentinel-2
Flag of Lyngen Municipality
Coat of arms of Lyngen Municipality
Troms within Norway
Troms within Norway
Lyngen within Troms
Lyngen within Troms
Coordinates: 69°41′25″N 20°04′54″E / 69.69028°N 20.08167°E / 69.69028; 20.08167
CountryNorway
CountyTroms
DistrictNord-Troms
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centreLyngseidet
Government
 • Mayor (2023)Eirik Larsen (Local list)
Area
 • Total812.70 km2 (313.79 sq mi)
 • Land795.12 km2 (307.00 sq mi)
 • Water17.58 km2 (6.79 sq mi)  2.2%
 • Rank#141 in Norway
Highest elevation1,834 m (6,017 ft)
Population
 (2024)
 • Total2,743
 • Rank#242 in Norway
 • Density3.4/km2 (9/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −8.3%
DemonymLyngsfjerding[2]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-5536[4]
WebsiteOfficial website

Lyngen (Northern Sami: Ivgu; Kven: Yykeä[5]) is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lyngseidet. Other notable villages include Furuflaten, Lattervika, Nord-Lenangen, and Svensby.

The 813-square-kilometre (314 sq mi) municipality is the 141st largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Lyngen is the 242nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,743. The municipality's population density is 3.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.8/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 8.3% over the previous 10-year period.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Høgaste fjelltopp i kvar kommune" (in Norwegian). Kartverket. 16 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  3. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  4. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  5. ^ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  6. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  7. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).