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Lavangen
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| County | Troms | |
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| Municipality | NO-1920 | |
| Administrative centre | Tennevoll | |
| Mayor (2005) | Bernhardt Halvorsen (Sp) | |
| Official language form | Neutral | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage |
Ranked 276 302 km² 296 km² 0.09 % |
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| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density |
Ranked 404 1,063 0.02 % -5.3 % 4/km² |
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| www.lavangen.kommune.no |
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Lavangen is a municipality in the county of Troms, Norway.
Lavangen is situated around the Lavangen fjord, and also includes the inland valley of Spansdalen. The municipal centre is located at Tennevoll.
The municipality is named after the fjord (Norse Laufangr). The first element is lauf n 'leaf' (here in the sense 'birchwood'), the last element is angr m 'fjord'.
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1987). It shows three leaves of birch.
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Balsfjord | Bardu | Berg | Bjarkøy | Dyrøy | Gratangen | Harstad | Ibestad | Karlsøy | Kvæfjord | Kvænangen | Kåfjord | Lavangen | Lenvik | Lyngen | Målselv | Nordreisa | Salangen | Skjervøy | Skånland | Storfjord | Sørreisa | Torsken | Tranøy | Tromsø |
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