Lavangen

Infobox_Kommune
name=Lavangen
idnumber=1920
county=Troms
landscape=
capital=Tennevoll
governor=Bernhardt Halvorsen (Sp)
governor_as_of=2005
arearank=276
area=302
arealand=296
areapercent=0.09
population_as_of=2004
populationrank=404
population=1,063
populationpercent=0.02
populationdensity=4
populationincrease=-5.3
language=Neutral
lat_deg=68| lat_min=39| lat_sec=28| lon_deg=17| lon_min=35| lon_sec=1
utm_zone=33W| utm_northing=7618420 |utm_easting=0604908| geo_cat=adm2nd

munwebpage=www.lavangen.kommune.no

Lavangen is a municipality in the county of Troms, Norway.

Lavangen was separated from Ibestad January 1, 1907. (Lavangen was merged with Salangen in the period January 1, 1964 - January 1, 1977.)

The municipality is situated around the Lavangen fjord, and also includes the inland valley of Spansdalen. The municipal centre is located at Tennevoll.

The name

The municipality is named after the fjord (Norse "Laufangr"). The first element is "lauf" n 'leaf' (here in the sense 'birchwood'), the last element is "angr" m 'fjord'.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1987). It shows three leaves of birch.