What is "ankenes"

Ankenes is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It encompassed much of the present-day municipality of Narvik, outside of the city of Narvik. Today, Ankenes is a largely residential area west of Narvik, located on the southern side of Beisfjorden. The main village in Ankenes is Ankenesstrand. It was the old administrative centre of Ankenes and it is the location of the Ankenes Church.

The European route E6 highway is the main thoroughfare through Ankenes and it follows the shoreline of the Ofotfjorden and Beisfjorden and it then crosses the fjord over the long Beisfjord Bridge where it then reaches the city of Narvik.