page_title: Senja (municipality)
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Senja (municipality) / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Oksneset and the Okshornan mountains in low sunlight as seen from Tungeneset in evening in 2012 October. The fjord between the viewpoint and the wild cape is Ersfjorden. The place is located at the northwest coasts of Senja island in Troms, northern Norway.
context_page_description: Senja is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It was established on 1 January 2020 when the municipalities of Berg, Lenvik, Torsken, and Tranøy were merged into one municipality. It is located in the traditional district of Hålogaland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Finnsnes. The municipality includes all of the island of Senja, the smaller surrounding islands, and part of the mainland between the Gisundet strait and the Malangen fjord.
  The 1,954-square-kilometre municipality is the 40th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Senja is the 81st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 14,851. The municipality's population density is 8 inhabitants per square kilometre and its population has increased by 1.6% over the previous 10-year period.
context_section_description: The island of Senja is located along the Troms county coastline with Finnsnes as the closest town. Senja is connected to the mainland by the Gisund Bridge.  The municipalities located on Senja are Lenvik (part of which is on the mainland), Berg, Torsken, and Tranøy.
  The northern coasts of Senja faces the open sea, the western coast faces the islands of Andøya and Krøttøya, the southern coast faces the islands of Andørja and Dyrøya.  On the western coast, steep and rugged mountains rise straight from the sea, with some fishing villages (like Gryllefjord, Husøy) tucked into the small lowland areas between the mountains and the sea. The eastern and southern parts of the island are milder, with rounder mountains, forests, rivers and agriculture land.
  Senja is often referred to as "Norway in miniature", as the island's diverse scenery reflects almost the entire span of Norwegian nature. Senja is well known domestically for its beautiful scenery, and is marketed as a tourist attraction.
caption: Oksneset and Ersfjorden from Tungeneset in low sunlight, Senja, 2012 October
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