Borkenes
Borkenes is the administrative centre of Kvæfjord Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The farming village is located on the island of Hinnøya, about 18 kilometres west of the city of Harstad.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Manxruler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kvæfjord Church.
Kvæfjord Church
Church
Photo: Asbjørn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kvæfjord Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kvæfjord Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located in the village of Borkenes on the island of Hinnøya.
Borkenes
- Type: Village with 1,510 residents
- Description: settlement in Kvæfjord Municipality, Norway
- Categories: urban area in Norway, administrative center, and locality
- Location: Kvæfjord, Troms, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
68.77263° or 68° 46′ 22″ northLongitude
16.17156° or 16° 10′ 18″ eastPopulation
1,510United Nations Location Code
NO BOSOpen location code
9FWRQ5FC+3JOpenStreetMap ID
node 266706712OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3160630Wikidata ID
Q2040661
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Borkenes” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Боркенес”
- Catalan: “Borkenes”
- Cebuano: “Borkenes”
- Chinese: “伯爾克內斯”
- Danish: “Borkenes”
- Dutch: “Borkenes”
- Finnish: “Borkenes”
- French: “Borkenes”
- German: “Borkenes”
- Italian: “Borkenes”
- Malay: “Borkenes”
- Northern Sami: “Borkenes”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Borkenes”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Borkenes”
- Norwegian: “Borkenes”
- Romanian: “Borkenes”
- Spanish: “Borkenes”
- Swedish: “Borkenes”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kvæfjord rådhus and NAV Kvæfjord.
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