Ersfjordbotn is a village in

Tromsø Municipality Tromsø Municipality is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Tromsø (city), city of Tromsø. Other notable settlements in the municipality include the vi ...

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county,

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. The village is located on an

isthmus An isthmus (; : isthmuses or isthmi) is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water by which they are otherwise separated. A tombolo is an isthmus that consists of a spit or bar, and a strait is the sea count ...

between the Ersfjorden and the Kaldfjorden on the island of Kvaløya. It is about west of the city of Tromsø. The villages of Kjosen and

Kvaløysletta Kvaløysletta is an urban neighborhood within the city of Tromsø which is part of Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The neighborhood is located on the eastern shore of the island of Kvaløya, about northwest of the city centre of ...

are located just to the east of Ersfjordbotn. Ersfjordbotn is slowly moving from a traditional rural settlement to a suburb of Tromsø, and most people work in Tromsø, half an hour's drive away. The village has a population (2023) of 484 which gives the village a

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of .

Media gallery

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References

Tromsø Villages in Troms {{troms-geo-stub