Hamn i Senja, Senja Reiseliv
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Senja
- 👥 Population (municipality): approx. 15,000
- 🏛️ Established (municipality): (merger of Lenvik, Berg, Torsken and Tranøy)
- 🗣️ Name origin: from Old Norse Sefna / Sæfna – “the island in the sea”
- 📏 Area (municipality): approx. 1,600 km²
- 🌊 Landscape: fjords, coastal mountains and archipelago scenery in Troms
- ⛰️ Highest point: approx. 986 m (Husfjellet)
- 📍 Region: Troms, Northern Norway
- 🏙️ Municipal centre: Finnsnes (urban area on the mainland)
- ⏰ Time zone: CET (UTC+1, daylight saving CEST UTC+2)
- 🧑🤝🧑 Demonym: Senja resident (Norwegian: senjaværing)
- 💰 Currency: Norwegian krone (NOK)
