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Hasvik
Hasvik ( sme, Ákŋoluovtta gielda; fkv, Hasviikan komuuni) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Breivikbotn. Other villages in the municipality include Breivik, Hasvik, and Sørvær. The population of Hasvik has generally been in steady decline due to problems within the fishing industry. Hasvik is an island municipality with no road connections to the rest of Norway. Hasvik Airport is served with regular connections to Tromsø and Hammerfest, and there is a two-hour ferry crossing to the village of Øksfjord on the mainland, providing access by car. The municipality is the 196th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Hasvik is the 335th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 964. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 3.1% over the previous 10-year period. General information The municipality of Hasvik was es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasvik Airport
Hasvik Airport ( no, Hasvik lufthavn; ) is a regional airport serving Hasvik Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The airport is located in the village of Hasvik on the island of Sørøya. In 2012, Hasvik Airport had 7,629 passengers, making it the third-least busy airport operated by the state-owned Avinor. The airport consists of a runway and is served by Widerøe with Dash 8-100 aircraft. The airport tower is operated remotely from Bodø. Planning started in 1972 for an airport to serve air taxi and air ambulance services. The original gravel runway opened on 17 May 1973, allowing Norving to operate flights with their Britten-Norman Islanders. The airport was upgraded with a longer runway and a larger terminal in 1983, allowing Norving to start scheduled services to Alta and Hammerfest. Widerøe took over the routes in 1990, at first using the de Havilland Canada Twin Otter. The runway was asphalted in 1995, allowing Widerøe to introduce the Dash 8. The a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasvik Church (2015)
Hasvik Church ( no, Hasvik kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hasvik Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hasvik. It is the church for the Hasvik parish which is part of the Alta prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in an octagonal style in 1955 using plans drawn up by the architect Valdemar Scheel Hansteen. The church seats about 220 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1589, but the church was not new that year. The original church stood in Hasvåg, about north of the present site of the church. In 1690, the old church was in poor condition so repairs were undertaken, however, two years later in 1692, the old church was torn down and replaced with a new church on the same site. The new church was a rectangular timber-framed building. The new church building quickly fell into disrepair. In 1712, materials wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasvik (village)
Hasvik is a village in Hasvik Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located on the southwestern tip of the large island of Sørøya. The village lies about south of the municipal centre of Breivikbotn. In 1809, Hasvik was looted by British naval forces. HMS Snake arrived on July 4 with a crew of around 100 men. The ship stayed until July 9 and the crew stole all valuables they could find. The main church for the municipality, Hasvik Church, has been located here since the early 1700s. It was burnt by retreating German forces in 1944, and rebuilt in 1955. This village has Sørøya's only connections to the rest of Norway: Hasvik Airport and a car ferry to Øksfjord on the mainland. The village has a population (2017) of 385 which gives the village a population density Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breivikbotn
Breivikbotn is the administrative centre of Hasvik Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is an old trading post and fishing village that is located on the western end of the island of Sørøya, looking out across the Lopphavet Sea. The village lies along Norwegian County Road 822 in the central part of the municipality. The village of Hasvik lies about to the south, the former village of Dønnesfjord lies about to the northeast, and the village of Sørvær lies about to the west. The village has a population (2017) of 320 which gives the village a population density Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopu ... of . Breivikbotn Chapel is located in this village as well as much of the commercial activity in the municipality. References Villages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sørvær, Finnmark
Sørvær is a fishing village in Hasvik Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located on the western tip of the island of Sørøya, looking out across the Lopphavet Sea. Sørvær Chapel is located in this village. The village sits at the northern end of Norwegian County Road 822, about west of the municipal centre of Breivikbotn Breivikbotn is the administrative centre of Hasvik Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is an old trading post and fishing village that is located on the western end of the island of Sørøya, looking out across the Lopphavet Sea .... The small village of Breivik lies about halfway along the road to Breivikbotn. In 2015, there were about 200 people who lived in Sørvær. References Villages in Finnmark Populated places of Arctic Norway Hasvik {{Finnmark-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breivik, Finnmark
Breivik ( en, broad cove) is a small fishing village in Hasvik Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located about half-way in between the villages of Sørvær and Breivikbotn on the western end of the island of Sørøya, looking out into the Lopphavet Lopphavet is a stretch of open sea along the border of Troms og Finnmark and Troms og Finnmark counties in Norway. It has a width of about , and it stretches between the large island of Sørøya in Finnmark and the islands of Arnøya and Nord-Fugl ... Sea. It is located along Norwegian County Road 882. References Hasvik Villages in Finnmark Populated places of Arctic Norway {{Finnmark-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troms Og Finnmark
Troms og Finnmark (; sme, Romsa ja Finnmárku ; fkv, Tromssa ja Finmarkku; fi, Tromssa ja Finnmark, lit. Troms and Finnmark in English), is a county in northern Norway that was established on 1 January 2020 as the result of a regional reform. Its lifespan as county is only temporary, as it was decided to cease to exist from January 1st 2024. It is the largest county by area in Norway, encompassing about . It was formed by the merger of the former Finnmark and Troms counties in addition to Tjeldsund Municipality from Nordland county. The administrative centre of the county is split between two towns. The political and administrative offices are based in city of Tromsø (the seat of the old Troms county). The county governor is based in town of Vadsø (the seat of the old Finnmark county). The two towns are about apart, approximately a 10-hour drive by car. On 1 January 2024, the county will be demerged back to the counties Finnmark and Troms; parliament decided that on 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Municipalities Of Norway
Norway is divided into 11 administrative regions, called county, counties (''fylker'' in Norwegian, singular: ''fylke''), and 356 municipality, municipalities (''kommuner/-ar'', singular: ''kommune'' – cf. Municipality#communes, communes). The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality. Municipalities are the atomic unit of local government in Norway and are responsible for primary education (until 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. Law enforcement and Church of Norway, church services are provided at a national level in Norway. Municipalities are undergoing continuous consolidation. In 1930, there were 747 municipalities in Norway. As of 2020 there are 356 municipalities, a reduction from 422. See the list of former municipalities of Norway for further detail about municipal mergers. The consolidation effort is complicated by a n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Øksfjord
Øksfjord ( sme, Ákšovuotna) is a village in Norway. Øksfjord is visited by the coastal service Hurtigruten boat daily, stopping here between stops at Skjervøy and Hammerfest. Since most of Loppa municipality is inaccessible by car, Øksfjord is a major transportation hub with regular car ferry connections to the Nuvsvåg, Bergsfjord, and Sør-Tverrfjord areas. There is also a regular ferry connection from Øksfjord to the village of Hasvik on the neighboring island of Sørøya in Hasvik municipality. History On 12 April 1941, the Royal Norwegian Navy — exiled to the United Kingdom — moored the destroyer at the pier at one o'clock in the night, with two objectives: To show the people of occupied Norway that the Navy was operating on the coast of Norway; and to blow up a fish oil factory. The warship departed after two hours, while inhabitants stood on the pier singing the national anthem. Notable person *Hans E. Kinck (1865–1926), novelist, dramatist and essayist, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnmark
Finnmark (; se, Finnmárku ; fkv, Finmarku; fi, Ruija ; russian: Финнмарк) was a county in the northern part of Norway, and it is scheduled to become a county again in 2024. On 1 January 2020, Finnmark was merged with the neighbouring county of Troms to form the new Troms og Finnmark county. On 1 January 2024, the county will be demerged back to the counties Finnmark and Troms, after a decision made by parliament on 15 June 2022. By land, it bordered Troms county to the west, Finland ( Lapland region) to the south, and Russia (Murmansk Oblast) to the east, and by water, the Norwegian Sea (Atlantic Ocean) to the northwest, and the Barents Sea (Arctic Ocean) to the north and northeast. The county was formerly known as ''Finmarkens amt'' or ''Vardøhus amt''. Starting in 2002, it had two official names: Finnmark (Norwegian) and Finnmárku (Northern Sami). It was part of the Sápmi region, which spans four countries, as well as the Barents Region, and is the largest an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loppa Municipality
Loppa ( sme, Láhppi and fkv, Lappea) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Øksfjord. Other villages in Loppa include Andsnes, Bergsfjord, Langfjordhamn, Loppa, Nuvsvåg, Øksfjordbotn, Sandland, and Sør-Tverrfjord. The municipality is the 167th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Loppa is the 341st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 859. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 21% over the previous 10-year period. Most people live in the village of Øksfjord, but smaller communities are spread out along the shores and islands, notably Nuvsvåg, Sandland, Bergsfjord, Brynilen, and the island of Loppa. This island was previously the administrative centre of the municipality (hence the name). There is no airport, but Øksfjord is a port of call for the Hurtigruten boats. General information The municipality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sørvær - 2018-07-26-9372
Sørvær may refer to the following locations: *Sørvær, Finnmark Sørvær is a fishing village in Hasvik Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located on the western tip of the island of Sørøya, looking out across the Lopphavet Sea. Sørvær Chapel is located in this village. T ..., a village in Hasvik municipality, Finnmark county, Norway * Sørvær, Nordland, a fishing village and island in Bodø municipality, Nordland county, Norway * Sørvær, Vega, a small island in Vega municipality, Nordland county, Norway * Sørvær, Gildeskål, a small island in the Fleinvær group in Gildeskål municipality, Nordland county, Norway {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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