Lyngen
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| County | Troms | |
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| Municipality | NO-1938 | |
| Administrative centre | Lyngseidet | |
| Mayor (2003) | Werner Kiil (Ap) | |
| Official language form | Neutral | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage |
Ranked 134 812 km² 796 km² 0.25 % |
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| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density |
Ranked 262 3,167 0.07 % -9.5 % 4/km² |
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| www.lyngen.kommune.no |
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Lyngen is a municipality (and a fjord) in the county of Troms, Norway. The coat of arms shows the local horse breed, the Lyngshest.
The municipality is situated on the Lyngen Peninsula. This is a very scenic and mountainous area, with the highest peaks in the county of Troms. The highest peak is Jiekkevárri, reaching 1833 metres. The Lyngen Alps are presently being discovered by off-piste skiers from around the world.
The municipal centre is Lyngseidet, a pretty settlement on an isthmus that almost cuts the peninsula in the middle. Other villages include Furuflaten, which has various industries, and Svensby. Nord-Lenangen faces the open sea, and is largely a fishing village. The municipality has its own shipping company, operating the car ferries west to Breivikeidet in Tromsø and east to Olderdalen in Kåfjord meeting the E6.
The Lyngen church was built at Karnes in 1731, and was moved to its present location at Lyngseidet in 1740. Other interesting buildings include the large wooden school Solhov, which was built in 1924 to strengthen the Norwegian influence in this area which was largely populated by the Sami and Kven people.
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[edit] The name
The municipality is named after the fjord Lyngen (Norse *Lygnir). The name of the fjord is derived from the word logn 'quiet, still, calm'.
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1987). It shows a horse of the local breed. (lyngshest).
[edit] Politics
Birger Hellan is the current town counsellor of Lyngen (May 2006). He was born in the city of Trondheim, but moved to Lyngen in 2001. He has recently expressed his concern for the Lyngen economy in a local newspaper, Harstad Tidende.
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