or is a neighborhood within the
town of Harstad which is located in
Harstad Municipality
Harstad (; ) is the second-most populated municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is mostly located on the large island of Hinnøya. The municipal center is the Harstad (town), town of Harstad, which is the most populous town in Central Håloga ...
in
Troms
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county,
Norway
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. It is located on a small peninsula southeast of the city center, on the south and east sides of the ''Gansåsen'' hill. The neighborhood is bordered by the neighborhoods of
Gansås and
Ã…sby
Ã…sby is a locality situated in Varberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden
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to the west,
Kanebogen to the southwest, and the
VÃ¥gsfjorden to the north and east.
Many people live in the area, where the ''Stangneslia barnehage'' (kindergarten), ''Stangnes barneskole'' (primary school), and ''
Stangnes videregående skole'' (high school) are all located.
The southeastern part of Stangnes is a large industrial area called Stangnesbasen. This area was built in the 1980s to provide for those involved in the
oil industry
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in the
Barents Sea
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. The Stangnesodden
headland
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to the northeast contains a former military base.
References
Harstad
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