Torsken
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| County | Troms | |
| District | ||
| Municipality | NO-1928 | |
| Administrative centre | Gryllefjord | |
| Mayor (2003) | Hans Pedersen (Sp) | |
| Official language form | Bokmål | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage | Ranked 308 243 km² 235 km² 0.08 % | |
| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density | Ranked 400 1,087 0.02 % -12.7 % 5/km² | |
| Coordinates | Template:Coor dm | |
| www.torsken.kommune.no | ||
Torsken is a municipality in the county of Troms, Norway.
Most of the inhabitants live in the fishing village of Gryllefjord, the second most important village is Torsken, only a few km away. Kaldfarnes and Grunnfarnes are two other fishing villages further south. Most people work with fishing or fish processing.
The church of Torsken dates from the 18th c.
Communication
A ferry to Andenes on Andøya is operated during about 2 months in the summer. The road to Kaldfarnes and Grunnfarnes is far from direct, and goes though the neighbouring municipality of Lenvik.
| Municipalities of Troms | Image:Troms vapen.png |
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Balsfjord | Bardu | Berg | Bjarkøy | Dyrøy | Gratangen | Harstad | Ibestad | Karlsøy | Kvæfjord | Kvænangen | Kåfjord | Lavangen | Lenvik | Lyngen | Målselv | Nordreisa | Salangen | Skjervøy | Skånland | Storfjord | Sørreisa | Torsken | Tranøy | Tromsø | |
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