Årstein

{{Short description|Village in Gratangen Municipality, Norway}}

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = {{native name|no|Årstein}}

|other_name =

|native_name = {{native name list|tag1=se|name1=Árjogeargi|tag2=se|name2=Orrageargi}}

|nickname =

|settlement_type = Village

|image_skyline = Årsteinbrua.jpg

|image_caption = View of the Årstein bridge over the Gratangsfjorden

|image_map = {{Infobox mapframe|zoom=11|marker=village}}

|pushpin_map = Troms#Norway

|pushpin_label = Årstein

|pushpin_label_position = right

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Norway

|subdivision_type1 = Region

|subdivision_name1 = Northern Norway

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Troms

|subdivision_type3 = District

|subdivision_name3 = Central Hålogaland

|subdivision_type4 = Municipality

|subdivision_name4 = Gratangen Municipality

|timezone1 = CET

|utc_offset1 = +01:00

|timezone1_DST = CEST

|utc_offset1_DST = +02:00

|postal_code_type = Post Code

|postal_code = 9470 Gratangen

|coordinates = {{coord|68|41|25|N|17|32|32|E|type:city|display=inline,title}}

|elevation_m = 22

|elevation_footnotes = {{Cite web |title=Årstein, Gratangen |url=http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Troms/Gratangen/%C3%85rstein/ |access-date=2012-09-03 |publisher=yr.no |language=Norwegian}}}}

{{native name|no|Årstein}} or {{native name|se|Árjogeargi or Orrageargi}}{{Cite web |title=Informasjon om stadnamn |url=https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/138567 |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=Norgeskart |publisher=Kartverket |language=no}} is the administrative centre of Gratangen Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The village is located on the north side of the Gratangsfjorden at the narrowest point along the fjord. The Årstein Bridge crosses the fjord here. The village is located about {{convert|6|km}} northwest of the village of Fjordbotn (at the head of the fjord) and about {{convert|15|km}} from the village of Hilleshamn (where the Gratangsfjorden empties into the Astafjorden).

The Årstein area has 211 inhabitants (as of 2010), making it the largest urbanized area in the municipality.{{Cite web |year=2010 |title=Tabell: 04317: Folkemengde, etter grunnkretser (G) |url=http://statbank.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?SubjectCode=02&ProductId=02.01.10&MainTable=FolkGrunnkrKom&SubTable=1 |publisher=Statistics Norway |language=no}} Gratangen Church is located in the village. It was designed in a modernist style by Oskar Nordeval and opened in 1971.

{{cite web

|url=https://arkitekturguide.uit.no/items/show/957

|title=Gratangen kirke (Gratangen Church)

|website=The Architecture Guide for Northern Norway and Svalbard

|date=

|access-date=2024-09-11

|language=

}}