Harstad

Harstad or Harsttak is the second one-maximum populated municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is usually positioned on the big island of Hinnoya. The municipal center is the town of Harstad, the maximum populous town in Central Halogaland, and the 0.33-biggest in all of Northern Norway. The town turned into included in 1904. Villages within the municipality encompass Elgsnes, Fauskevag, Gausvik, Grotavær, Kasfjord, Lundenes, Nergarden and Sorvika. The 445-rectangular-kilometre municipality is the 227th biggest by means of place out of the 422 municipalities in Norway.

Harstad is the forty fifth most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 24,820. The municipality's population density is 57.Nine population per square kilometre and its population has elevated by means of 5.1% over the past decade. The municipality is located on many islands in southern Troms county. Most of the municipality is positioned at the big island of Hinnoya, that's Norway's biggest coastal island. The northern a part of the municipality is placed on the smaller islands of Grytoya, Bjarkoya, Sandsoya, Helloya, Flatoya and Krottoya and many even smaller islands between the Andfjorden and the Vagsfjorden.