Gansås
Gansås is a neighborhood within the town of Harstad which is located in Harstad Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is situated on the southern and western sides of a small peninsula southeast of the city center.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighborhood in Harstad, Norway
- Also known as: “Gangsås”, “Gansaas”, and “Gansas”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kanebogen School and Harstad Church.
Kanebogen School
School
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Kanebogen skole is an elementary school in Kanebogen, a part of Harstad city in Northern Norway. It has more than 300 pupils in classes from 1st to 7th grade, and about 50 employees.
Harstad Church
Church
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Harstad Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Harstad Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located in the town of Harstad. It is the church for the Harstad parish which is part of the Trondenes prosti in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland.
Trondenes Church
Church
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Trondenes Church is the northernmost medieval stone church of Norway and the world's northernmost surviving medieval building. It is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Harstad Municipality in Troms county, Norway. Trondenes Church is situated 3½ km north of Gansås.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kilbotn.
Kilbotn
Village
Kilbotn is a village in Harstad Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The village is located about 12 km south of the center of the town of Harstad, along the Vågsfjorden on the east side of Hinnøya island. Kilbotn is situated 8 km south of Gansås.
Gansås
- Categories: geographical feature, hill, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Harstad, Troms, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
68.78836° or 68° 47′ 18″ northLongitude
16.56066° or 16° 33′ 38″ eastElevation
40 metres (131 feet)Open location code
9FWRQHQ6+87OpenStreetMap ID
node 9867387674OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Gansås” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Gangsås”
- Irish: “Gangsås”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gangsås”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gangsåstoppen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gangsåsveien”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gansås”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gansåstoppen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gansåsveien”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nedre Gangsås”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nedre Gansås”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Øvre Gangsås”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Øvre Gansås”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vollen (Harstad)”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gangsås”
- Norwegian: “Gansås”
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Highlights include Skonnerten Anna Rogde and Ganåstoppen.
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