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Encyclopedia > Båtsfjord
Båtsfjord kommune
County Finnmark
Landscape
Municipality NO-2028
Administrative centre Båtsfjord
Mayor (2003) Geir Knutsen (Ap)
Official language form Neutral
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Percentage		 Ranked 58
1,433 km²
1,415 km²
0.44 %
Population
 - Total (2004)
 - Percentage
 - Change (10 years)
 - Density		 Ranked 319
2,290
0.05 %
-7.4 %
2/km²
Coordinates 70°29′ N 29°56′ E (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=70_29_N_29_56_E_type:adm2nd_region:NO-2028)
www.batsfjord.kommune.no

Data from Statistics Norway (http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/2028) Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke, until 1918 known as amter, singular - amt), and 433 municipalities (kommuner). ... Finnmark (Finnmárku in Sami) is a county in the extreme north of Norway, bordering Troms. ... Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 433 municipalities (kommuner). ... The ISO 3166-2 codes for Norway describe 19 counties (fylke). ... The Norwegian Labour Party (Det norske Arbeiderparti, Arbeiderpartiet or DNA) is a left-wing political party in Norway. ... Norwegian is a Germanic language spoken in Norway. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... In the most common sense of the word, a population is the collection of people—or organisms of a particular species—living in a given geographic area. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which...

Båtsfjord is a municipality in the county of Finnmark, Norway. Norway - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...


The municipality is situated on the north-eastern coast of the peninsula of Varangerhalvøya. Previously, there were several villages along this barren coast, but today everyone lives in the town of Båtsfjord, with a sheltered situation at the end of the Båtsfjord inlet. There is a new, modern airstrip, and the hurtigruten calls at Båtsfjord. Hurtigruten is the name of a Norwegian coastal transport service which is over a hundred years old. ...


The most interesting attraction is Hamningberg, an abandonded fishing village on the outer coast, with well-preserved 19th c. wooden houses, a unique example of old architecture in a county so devastated by World War II. Also interesting are the bird cliffs of Syltefjordstauran.



Municipalities of Finnmark

Alta | Berlevåg | Båtsfjord | Gamvik | Hammerfest | Hasvik | Karasjok | Kautokeino | Kvalsund | Lebesby | Loppa | Måsøy | Nesseby | Nordkapp | Porsanger | Sør-Varanger | Tana | Vadsø | Vardø Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 433 municipalities (kommuner). ... Finnmark (Finnmárku in Sami) is a county in the extreme north of Norway, bordering Troms. ... The town and municipality Alta in the county of Norway, has 17,359 inhabitants as of January 1, 2003. ... Gamvik is a municipality in the county of Finnmark, Norway. ... County Finnmark Landscape Municipality NO-2004 Administrative centre Hammerfest Mayor (2003) Alf E. Jakobsen (Ap) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 129 849 km² 819 km² 0. ... The municipality Hasvik in the county of Finnmark, Norway, has 1,184 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... Karasjok (Kárášjohka in Sami) is a township and municipality in the county of Finnmark, Norway. ... Kautokeino (Guovdageainnu suohkan in Sámi) is a municipality in the county of Finnmark, Norway. ... The municipality Kvalsund in the county of Finnmark, Norway, has 1,091 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... Lebesby is a municipality in the county of Finnmark, Norway. ... The municipality of Loppa in the county of Finnmark, Norway, had 1,398 inhabitants on 1 January 1 2002. ... The municipality of Nesseby (Unjárga in Sami) in the county of Finnmark, Norway, had 966 inhabitants on 1 January 2002. ... Nordkapp is a municipality in the county of Finnmark, Norway. ... Porsanger is a municipality in the county of Finnmark, Norway. ... For the island of Vanuatu, see Tanna. ...



 
 

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