 nordreisa (, ) is a municipality in troms county, norway. the administrative centre of the municipality is the village of storslett. other villages include oksfjordhamn, sÃ¸rkjosen, and rotsund. the municipality consists of the reisadalen valley, with the river reisaelva and deep pine forests, surrounded by mountains and high plateaus. most people live in storslett, where the river meets the reisafjorden. sÃ¸rkjosen, just northwest of storslett, is the location of sÃ¸rkjosen airport with flights to tromsÃ¸ and several destinations in finnmark. the european route e6 runs through the northern part of the municipality. ==general information== thumb|left|220px|map of nordreisa the municipality of nordreisa was established on 1 january 1886 when the southern part of skjervÃ¸y (population: 1,057) was separated to form the new municipality. on 1 january 1890, the trÃ¦tten and loppevolden farms (population: 32) were transferred to nordreisa from skjervÃ¸y. the parts of skjervÃ¸y lying on the mainland (population: 1,556) were transferred from skjervÃ¸y to nordreisa on 1 january 1972. on 1 january 1982, the southern part of ulÃ¸ya (population: 128) was transferred from skjervÃ¸y to nordreisa. ===name=== the municipality is named after the reisafjorden (originally reisa), which again is named after reisaelva ("reisa river" - originally reisa). the river name is probably derived from the verb rÃ­sa which means "raise" (referring to flooding). the first element nord ("northern") was a
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