Nordreisa

Nordreisa kommune Ráissa suohkan Raisin komuuni
Municipality
View of Storslett
Coat of arms Troms within Norway
Nordreisa within Troms
Coordinates: 69°42′18″N 21°12′33″E / 69.70500°N 21.20917°E / 69.70500; 21.20917Coordinates: 69°42′18″N 21°12′33″E / 69.70500°N 21.20917°E / 69.70500; 21.20917
Country	Norway
County	Troms
District	Nord-Troms
Administrative centre	Storslett
Government
• Mayor (2011)	Øyvind Evanger (Ap)
Area
• Total	3,436.64 km2 (1,326.89 sq mi)
• Land	3,335.37 km2 (1,287.79 sq mi)
• Water	101.27 km2 (39.10 sq mi)
Area rank	9 in Norway
Population (2012)
• Total	4,807
• Rank	200 in Norway
• Density	1.4/km2 (4/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	1.4 %
Demonym(s)	Reisaværing
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1942
Official language form	Bokmål
Website	www.nordreisa.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Nordreisa (Northern Sami: Ráissa suohkan, Kven: Raisin komuuni) is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Storslett. Other villages include Oksfjordhamn, Sørkjosen, and Rotsund.

The municipality consists of the Reisadalen valley, with the river Reisaelva and deep pine forests, surrounded by mountains and high plateaus. Most people live in Storslett, where the river meets the Reisafjorden. Sørkjosen, just northwest of Storslett, is the location of Sørkjosen Airport with flights to Tromsø and several destinations in Finnmark. The European route E6 runs through the northern part of the municipality.

The municipality of Nordreisa was established on 1 January 1886 when the southern part of Skjervøy (population: 1,057) was separated to form the new municipality. On 1 January 1890, the Trætten and Loppevolden farms (population: 32) were transferred to Nordreisa from Skjervøy. The parts of Skjervøy lying on the mainland (population: 1,556) were transferred from Skjervøy to Nordreisa on 1 January 1972. On 1 January 1982, the southern part of Uløya (population: 128) was transferred from Skjervøy to Nordreisa.