Å, Lavangen


Å is a village in Lavangen Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located along the northern shore of the Lavangen fjord, about north of the administrative centre of Tennevoll and about east of the town of Harstad.
The population of the village was 79. The southern part of the village area is called Soløy, and that is the location of Lavangen Church.

Name

The village was first mentioned in 1610. The name is from Old Norse á, which means " river"