Ankenesstranda or Ankenesstrand (sometimes simply called "Ankenes") is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...
in
Narvik Municipality
( se, Áhkanjárga) is the third-largest municipality in Nordland county, Norway, by population. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Narvik. Some of the notable villages in the municipality include Ankenesstranda, Ba ...
in
Nordland county,
Norway
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. The village is located just west of the
town of Narvik and just east of the village of
Håkvik. The village lies at the
confluence of the large
Ofotfjorden
Ofotfjord ( or ) is a fjord in Nordland county, Norway. It is an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, located about north of the Arctic Circle. The long Ofotfjord is Norway's 12th longest fjord and it is also the 18th deepest, with a maximum depth of . ...
and the smaller
Beisfjorden. The
European route E06
European route E6 ( no, Europavei 6, sv, Europaväg 6, or simply E6) is the main north-south thoroughfare through Norway as well as the west coast of Sweden. It is long and runs from the southern tip of Sweden at Trelleborg, into Norway and thr ...
highway runs through the village before crossing the
Beisfjord Bridge into the town of Narvik. In 2016, there were about 3,000 inhabitants of the village.
The village was the
administrative centre of the former municipality of
Ankenes which existed from 1884 until 1974.
Ankenes Church is an
octagonal church that was built in Ankenesstranda in 1842. Ankenes is also known for ''Millerjordbukta'' (the local shopping area), and the local football team
SK Hardhaus. The local Ankenes Skiing Resort (''Ankenes Alpinsenter'') was built in 1972 and it has 8 runs and 2 lifts. In 1973, the Ankenes Alpine Club was also established.
References
Narvik
Villages in Nordland
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