Storsteinnes
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Storsteinnes is the administrative center of the municipality of Balsfjord
in Troms
county, Norway
. Its population (2009) of 937 makes it the largest urban area in the municipality.
passes 4 km (2.5 mi) south of the village center. The Sagelv river runs through the village and Josefvatnet lake is located 2.5 km (1.6 mi) to the northwest of the village. The village of Nordkjosbotn
is about 14 km (8.7 mi) to the east of Storsteinnes.
runs a dairy in Storsteinnes, which is one of Norway's largest producers of Brunost
. They also produce their own brand of goat milk cheese called Balsfjordost.
Balsfjord
Balsfjord is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Storsteinnes, while Nordkjosbotn at the head of the fjord is another village....
in Troms
Troms
or Romsa is a county in North Norway, bordering Finnmark to the northeast and Nordland in the southwest. To the south is Norrbotten Län in Sweden and further southeast is a shorter border with Lapland Province in Finland. To the west is the Norwegian Sea...
county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. Its population (2009) of 937 makes it the largest urban area in the municipality.
Location
Storsteinnes is located at the southern end of Sørkjosen, which is a branch of the Balsfjord. European route E6European route E6
European route E 6 is the designation for the main north-south road in Norway, and the west coast of Sweden, running from the southern tip of Sweden, at Trelleborg, into Norway and through almost all of the country north to Finnmark. The route ends close to the Norwegian border with Russia...
passes 4 km (2.5 mi) south of the village center. The Sagelv river runs through the village and Josefvatnet lake is located 2.5 km (1.6 mi) to the northwest of the village. The village of Nordkjosbotn
Nordkjosbotn
Nordkjosbotn is a small village in the municipality of Balsfjord in Troms county, Norway about southeast of the city of Tromsø. Its population is 378...
is about 14 km (8.7 mi) to the east of Storsteinnes.
Economy
Most of the economy of Storsteinnes involves municipal services, but agriculture is also quite important locally. TineTine (company)
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runs a dairy in Storsteinnes, which is one of Norway's largest producers of Brunost
Brunost
Brunost , or mesost , mysuostur or myseost is a brown Scandinavian whey cheese. The Norwegian name brunost means brown cheese, and the others mean simply whey cheese...
. They also produce their own brand of goat milk cheese called Balsfjordost.