Gratangen

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Gratangen kommune
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms Troms within Norway
Gratangen within Troms
Coordinates: 68°43′36″N 17°51′17″E / 68.72667, 17.85472
Country	Norway
County	Troms
District	Hålogaland
Municipality ID	NO-1919
Administrative centre	Gratangen
Government
- Mayor (2003)	Eva Helene Ottesen (Ap)
Area (Nr. 271 in Norway)
- Total	313 km² (120.8 sq mi)
- Land	306 km² (118.1 sq mi)
Population (2004)
- Total	1,282
- Density	4/km² (10.4/sq mi)
- Change (10 years)	-13.2 %
- Rank in Norway	387
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Official language form	Neutral
Demonym	Gratangsværing[1]
Data from Statistics Norway
Website: www.gratangen.kommune.no

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

Gratangen was separated from Ibestad July 1, 1926.

It was the site of the Battle of Gratangen, one of the first battles between the German 3rd Mountain Division under Eduard Dietl and the Norwegian 6th Division under General Carl Gustav Fleischer after the German invasion of Norway April 9th 1940.

Contents 1 The name 2 Coat-of-arms 3 See also 4 References

[edit] The name

The municipality is named after the fjord Gratangen (Norse Grjótangr). The first element is grjót n 'stone', the last element is angr m 'fjord'.

[edit] Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1990). It shows a chevron (to represent 'mountain and sea').

[edit] See also

Battle of Gratangen

[edit] References

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