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1938
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Troms
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Lyngseidet
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Werner Kiil ( Ap )
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2003
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134
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812
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796
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025
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2004
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262
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3,167
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007
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4
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-95
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Neutral
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34W utm_northing=7731609 utm_easting=0464437 geo_cat=adm2nd
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is a municipality (and a
Fjord ) in the county of
Troms ,
Norway . The coat of arms shows the local horse breed, the Lyngshest.
The municipality is situated on the Lyngen Peninsula. This is a very scenic and mountainous area, with the highest peaks in the county of
Troms . The highest peak is Jiekkevárri, reaching 1833 metres. The mountains of Lyngen are presently being discovered by off-piste skiers from around the world.
The municipal centre is
Lyngseidet , a pretty settlement on an isthmus that almost cuts the peninsula in the middle. Other villages include Furuflaten, which has various industries, and Svensby. Nord-Lenangen faces the open sea, and is largely a fishing village. The municipality has its own shipping company, operating the car ferries west to Breivikeidet in
Tromsø and east to Olderdalen in
Kåfjord meeting the
E6 .
The Lyngen church dates from 1731 but was moved to its present location at Lyngseidet in 1740. Other interresting buldings include the large wooden school Solhov, which was built in 1924 to strengthen the Norwegian influence in this area which was largely populated by the
Finnic Sami and
Cwen people.
The Sami culture is the oldest culture represented in Lyngen. In the fishing villages of the northern tip of the peninsula, Norwegian language and culture goes back centuries. In the 18th. c., settlers came from Finland, creating the
Cwen population that has characterized parts of Lyngen up to the present.
