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Jøvik is a village in Tromsø municipality, Troms county, Norway.
Map of 9043 J%C3%B8vik, Norway
It was one of the largest villages in the former municipality of Ullsfjord. Jøvik Chapel was built in 1920. The Jøvik Sildolje & Kraftforfabrik [Jøvik herring oil & concentrates factory] was based here, which in the 1970s was the country's second largest herring factory, but was closed in 1996. The subsequent decades have been characterised by a declining and ageing population.
The village has road access via the Fv293 road to Lakselvbukt and further to European route E8. Before the road was built in the 1970s a ferry went from Jøvik to Breivikeidet. The distance from Jøvik to Tromsø center is approximately 100 kilometers. If the proposed Ullsfjord Bypass Road is built, the area will reduce the travel time to central Tromsø by half.