Lyngseidet

, , or is the administrative centre of Lyngen Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The village is located on an isthmus that is about wide between an arm of the Ullsfjorden and the Lyngenfjorden.

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Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Coastal view in Lyngseidet, Lyngen, Troms, Norway, 2014 August - 02.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: View of the village
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Settlement.pushpin_label: Lyngseidet
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Settlement.subdivision_name: Norway
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Northern Norway
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Troms
Settlement.subdivision_type3: District
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Nord-Troms
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Municipality

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, , or is the administrative centre of Lyngen Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The village is located on an isthmus that is about wide between an arm of the Ullsfjorden and the Lyngenfjorden.

The village is home to two grocery stores, Lyngen Church, nursing home, schools, daycare, pharmacy and library. A tall plastic figure Santa Claus named Gollis is also located here. Lyngseidet is located north of the village of Furuflaten and by ferry from Olderdalen, in the neighboring Kåfjord Municipality. The village has a population (2023) of 736 and a population density of .

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lyngseidet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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