or
is a village in
Hammerfest Municipality
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in
Finnmark
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county,
Norway
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. It was formerly the
administrative centre
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of the old
Kvalsund Municipality which existed until 2020 when it merged with Hammerfest Municipality.
The village is located on the mainland, along the Kvalsundet strait, at the mouth of the river Kvalsundelva. The village sits just east of the
Kvalsund Bridge which connects the mainland to the island of
Kvaløya, just to the north. The 1936
Kvalsund Church is located in this village.
The village has a population (2023) of 289 which gives the village a
population density
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of .
References
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Villages in Finnmark
Hammerfest
Populated places of Arctic Norway