Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Troms#Norway |
Pushpin Label: | Storslett |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Troms |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Nord-Troms |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Nordreisa Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 1.64 |
Population As Of: | 2023 |
Population Total: | 1830 |
Population Density Km2: | 1116 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 9151 Storslett |
Elevation M: | 2 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Coordinates: | 69.7681°N 21.0244°W |
,, or [2] is the administrative centre of Nordreisa Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The village is located at the southern end of the Reisafjorden along the mouth of the river Reisaelva. The 1.64km2 village has a population (2023) of 1,830 which gives the village a population density of .[3]
Nordreisa Church and Nordreisa's upper secondary school are located in Storslett. The small Sørkjosen Airport is located in the neighboring village of Sørkjosen, about 5km (03miles) to the northwest. The European route E6 highway passes through this village.
Storslett was completely destroyed during World War II in 1944 at the end of the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany; however, the village area was completely rebuilt and has had strong growth since the war.[4]