Renså is a small village in
Tjeldsund Municipality
Tjeldsund ( sme, Dielddanuorri) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The southwestern part of the municipality is part of the traditional district of Ofoten and the rest of the municipality is part of Central Hålogaland. The ...
in
Troms og Finnmark
Troms og Finnmark (; sme, Romsa ja Finnmárku ; fkv, Tromssa ja Finmarkku; fi, Tromssa ja Finnmark, lit. Troms and Finnmark in English), is a county in northern Norway that was established on 1 January 2020 as the result of a regional reform ...
county,
Norway
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. It is located just east of the slightly larger village of
Tovik
Tovik is a village in Tjeldsund Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located on the mainland at the entrance of the two fjords; Astafjorden and Vågsfjorden, and at a distance of about from Harstad/Narvik Airpor ...
, and about east of the village of
Sandstrand. The population (2001) of Renså is 69.
The village is located next to the Rensåelva river which flows into the
Astafjorden from the Rensåvatnet lake. The nearest larger village is
Grov, about to the east.
Agriculture
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is the main economic activity. The football grounds of the sports club IL Santor are situated on the ridge just above the village, which is called ''Rensåhøgda''.
References
Villages in Troms
Tjeldsund
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