Lavangen
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Lavangen kommune Loabága suohkan |
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Inner Lavangen
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 Lavangen within Troms |
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| Coordinates: 68°39′28″N 17°35′1″E / 68.65778°N 17.58361°ECoordinates: 68°39′28″N 17°35′1″E / 68.65778°N 17.58361°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Troms | ||
| District | Midt-Troms | ||
| Administrative centre | Tennevoll | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2011) | Erling Bratsberg (Sp) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 301.72 km2 (116.49 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 296.20 km2 (114.36 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 5.52 km2 (2.13 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 276 in Norway | ||
| Population (2012) | |||
| • Total | 1,016 | ||
| • Rank | 404 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 3.4/km2 (9/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -3.2 % | ||
| Demonym(s) | Lavangsværing | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1920 | ||
| Official language form | Neutral | ||
| Website | www |
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Lavangen (Northern Sami: Loabák) is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tennevoll. Other villages in Lavangen include Fossbakken and Spansdalen (in the inland areas) and Kjeiprød, Røkenes, Låternes, Tennevoll, Hesjevika, Soløy, and Å (surrounding the fjord).
Lavangen was established on 1 January 1907 when it was separated from the municipality of Ibestad. The initial population was 1,536. On 1 January 1964, Lavangen was merged into the neighboring municipality of Salangen. The merger was brief, however, because on 1 January 1977, the old Lavangen municipality (except for the Lavangsnes area) was made a separate municipality once again.
The municipality is named after the fjord (Old Norse: Laufangr). The first element is lauf which means "leaf" (here in the sense of 'birchwood') and the last element is angr which means "fjord".
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1987). The arms are a canting of the name (which means leaf) since it shows three gold-colored birch leaves on a red background. The three leaves represent how the municipality was settled by Norwegians, Samis, and Kvens.
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