Senjahopen

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Senjahopen
Senjahopen (Norway)
Coordinates: 69°29′53″N17°29′29″E / 69.49806°N 17.49139°E / 69.49806; 17.49139 Coordinates: 69°29′53″N17°29′29″E / 69.49806°N 17.49139°E / 69.49806; 17.49139
Country Norway
Region Northern Norway
County Troms
District Midt-Troms
Municipality Berg
Area [1]
  Total 0.31 km2 (0.12 sq mi)
Elevation [2] 0.5 m (1.6 ft)
Population (2013) [1]
  Total 265
  Density 855/km2 (2,210/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code9386 Senjahopen

Senjahopen or Senjehopen is a village in the municipality of Berg in Troms county, Norway. Its population (2009) is 291. [3] Senjahopen is located along the Mefjorden on the northwest part of the large island of Senja, where it is one of the most important fishing villages on the island. Another nearby fishing village is Mefjordvær, which located about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the northwest. [4]

Berg, Norway Municipality in Troms, Norway

Berg is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Skaland. Other villages include Finnsæter, Mefjordvær, and Senjahopen. The municipality is located on the western part of the large island of Senja.

Troms County (fylke) of Norway

Troms (pronounced [trʊms] or Romsa  or Tromssa  is a county in northern Norway. It borders Finnmark county to the northeast and Nordland county in the southwest. Norrbotten Län in Sweden is located to the south and further southeast is a shorter border with Lapland Province in Finland. To the west is the Norwegian Sea.

Norway constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northwestern Europe whose territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula; the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard are also part of the Kingdom of Norway. The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land.

Although Senjahopen is about 10 km (6.2 mi) north of the municipal center of Skaland, the trip took well over an hour to drive, until 2004 when the Geitskartunnelen opened. The new road under the mountains cut about 95 km (59 mi) off of the trip between the two villages.

Skaland Village in Northern Norway, Norway

Skaland is the administrative center of the municipality of Berg in Troms county, Norway. The village is located on the shores of the Bergsfjorden on the northwest side of the island of Senja, about 15 km (9.3 mi) to the southwest of the village of Senjahopen and about 70 km (43 mi) southwest of the city of Tromsø. The village of Finnsæter is located about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) across the fjord to the south. The population (2001) was 236.

The 0.31-square-kilometre (77-acre) village has a population (2013) of 265, giving the village a population density of 855 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,210/sq mi). [1]

Population density A measurement of population numbers per unit area or volume

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume; it is a quantity of type number density. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and most of the time to humans. It is a key geographical term. In simple terms population density refers to the number of people living in an area per kilometer square.

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