Salangen Municipality
municipality in Troms, Norway
Salangen is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sjøvegan, where most of the people in the municipality live. Other villages include Elvenes, Laberget, Salangsverket, and Seljeskogen.
The municipality is situated along the Sagfjorden in south central Troms county. The municipality is mostly coastal areas around the fjord as well as some inland valleys. Salangen is home to the world's northernmost bat population.
The 458-square-kilometre (177 sq mi) municipality is the 217th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Salangen is the 278th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,069. The municipality's population density is 4.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (12/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 6.9% over the previous 10-year period.
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The municipality of Salangen was established on 1 January 1871 when it was separated from the large Ibestad Municipality.
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