Lyngen Municipality
Lyngen Municipality
Lyngen kommune | |
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The peninsula as seen by Sentinel-2 | |
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Troms within Norway | |
Lyngen within Troms | |
| Coordinates: 69°41′25″N 20°04′54″E / 69.69028°N 20.08167°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Troms |
| District | Nord-Troms |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Lyngseidet |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Eirik Larsen (Local list) |
| Area | |
• Total | 812.70 km2 (313.79 sq mi) |
| • Land | 795.12 km2 (307.00 sq mi) |
| • Water | 17.58 km2 (6.79 sq mi) 2.2% |
| • Rank | #141 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,834 m (6,017 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 2,743 |
| • Rank | #242 in Norway |
| • Density | 3.4/km2 (8.8/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −8.3% |
| Demonym | Lyngsfjerding |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-5536 |
| Website | Official website |
Lyngen (Northern Sami: Ivgu; Kven: Yykeä) is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lyngseidet. Other notable villages include Furuflaten, Lattervika, Nord-Lenangen, and Svensby.
The 813-square-kilometre (314 sq mi) municipality is the 141st largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Lyngen is the 242nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,743. The municipality's population density is 3.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.8/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 8.3% over the previous 10-year period.