Kårhamn is a small

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Hammerfest Municipality Hammerfest (; ) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Finnmark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality being the Hammerfest (town), town of Hammerfest which is considered the List of no ...

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county,

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. The village is located on an isolated peninsula on the northwestern tip of the large island of

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. The village has roads in it, but none of them are connected to the rest of Norway, so boat access to the village is required. Kårhamn was historically a part of the former Sørøysund Municipality, but after that municipality's dissolution in 1992 the village was merged into Hammerfest Municipality. Kårhamn has a population of about 50 people, where most are employed in the "LeanFish AS"

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. The village also has a small school, kindergarten, and a

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with a

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in it. The grocery store has also recently begun to function as a small library, taking over this service from the school.

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Hammerfest Populated places of Arctic Norway Villages in Finnmark {{Finnmark-geo-stub

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