Storslett is the administrative centre of Nordreisa Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county,

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. The village is located at the southern end of the Reisafjorden along the mouth of the river Reisaelva. The village has a population (2017) of 1,837 which gives the village a

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of . Nordreisa Church and Nordreisa's

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are located in Storslett. The small Sørkjosen Airport is located in the neighboring village of Sørkjosen, about to the northwest. The

European route E6 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 ...

highway passes through this village. Storslett was completely destroyed during

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in 1944 at the end of the

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; however, the village area was completely rebuilt and has had strong growth since the war.

References

{{authority control Nordreisa Villages in Troms Populated places of Arctic Norway