Salangen

Historie

Salangen is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sjøvegan, where most of the people in the municipality live. Other villages include Elvenes, Laberg, and Seljeskog.The municipality is situated along the Sagfjorden in south central Troms county. The municipality is mostly coastal areas around the fjord as well as some inland valleys. Salangen is home to the world's northernmost bat population.The 458km2 municipality is the 222nd largest by area out of the 426 municipalities in Norway. Salangen is the 317th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,220. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 0.5% over the last decade.General informationSalangen was established on 1 January 1871 when it was separated from the municipality of Ibestad. The initial population of Salangen was 1,384.On 1 January 1964, the municipality of Lavangen (population: 1,677) was merged into Salangen. The new, larger Salangen then had a population of 4,288.On 1 January 1977, however, the Lavangen district (except for Lavangsnes) was separated from Salangen to form a separate municipality once again. After the split, Salangen remained with 2,611 residents.