Torsken
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| County | Troms | |
| Landscape | ||
| Municipality | NO-1928 | |
| Administrative centre | Gryllefjord | |
| Mayor (2003) | Hans Pedersen (Sp) | |
| Official language form | Bokmål | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage | Ranked 308 243 km² 235 km² 0.08 % | |
| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density | Ranked 400 1,087 0.02 % -12.7 % 5/km² | |
| Coordinates | 69°17′ N 17°2′ E | |
| www.torsken.kommune.no | ||
Torsken is a municipality in the county of Troms, Norway.
Most of the inhabitants live in the fishing village of Gryllefjord, the second most important village is Torsken, only a few km away. Most people work with fishing or fish processing.
The church of Torsken dates from the 18th c.
Communication
| Municipalities of Troms | Image:Troms vapen.png |
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Balsfjord | Bardu | Berg | Bjarkøy | Dyrøy | Gratangen | Harstad | Ibestad | Karlsøy | Kvæfjord | Kvænangen | Kåfjord | Lavangen | Lenvik | Lyngen | Målselv | Nordreisa | Salangen | Skjervøy | Skånland | Storfjord | Sørreisa | Torsken | Tranøy | Tromsø | |
