or is a village in Lavangen Municipality in

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county,

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. The village is located on the eastern shore of the Lavangen fjord, about north of the

administrative centre An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgi ...

of Tennevoll and about east of the town of Harstad. The small village of Å lies immediately north of Soløy, forming one large village area through

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. Lavangen Church is located in the southern part of the village. Historically, the village of Soløy was the

of Lavangen Municipality, from 1907 when the municipality was established until 1964 when it was merged into

Salangen Municipality Salangen is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sjøvegan, where most of the people in the municipality live. Other villages ...

. On 1 January 1977, Lavangen Municipality was re-established and Tennevoll was chosen as the new administrative centre instead of Soløy.

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Lavangen Villages in Troms {{Troms-geo-stub