Karasjok Municipality

Karasjok Municipality
Karasjok kommune
Kárášjoga gielda

Kaarasjoki (Kven)
June 2007 view of Karasjok
June 2007 view of Karasjok
Flag of Karasjok Municipality
Coat of arms of Karasjok Municipality
Finnmark within Norway
Finnmark within Norway
Karasjok within Finnmark
Karasjok within Finnmark
Coordinates: 69°28′55″N 25°06′18″E / 69.48194°N 25.10500°E / 69.48194; 25.10500
CountryNorway
CountyFinnmark
Established1 Jan 1866
 • Preceded byKistrand Municipality
Administrative centreKarasjok
Government
 • Mayor (2015)Svein Atle Somby (Ap)
Area
 • Total5,452.94 km2 (2,105.39 sq mi)
 • Land5,210.70 km2 (2,011.86 sq mi)
 • Water242.24 km2 (93.53 sq mi)  4.4%
 • Rank#2 in Norway
Highest elevation1,024 m (3,360 ft)
Population
 (2024)
 • Total2,565
 • Rank#250 in Norway
 • Density0.5/km2 (1/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −4.9%
DemonymKarasjoking[2]
Official languages
 • Norwegian formBokmål
 • Sámi formNorthern Sami
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-5610[4]
WebsiteOfficial website

Karasjok (Norwegian) or Kárášjohka (Northern Sami; [ˈkʰaːraːʃˌjohka])[5][6] (also: Kven: Kaarasjoki) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Karasjok. Other villages include Dorvonjárga, Šuoššjávri, and Váljohka.

The 5,453-square-kilometre (2,105 sq mi) municipality is the second largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Karasjok is the 250th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,565. The municipality's population density is 0.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (1.3/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 4.9% over the previous 10-year period.[7][8]

A survey conducted on behalf of the Sami Language Council in the year 2000 showed that 94 percent of the population are Sami speakers.[9]

  1. ^ "Høgaste fjelltopp i kvar kommune" (in Norwegian). Kartverket. 16 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  3. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  4. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference sami name was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  7. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  8. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).
  9. ^ Sámi Ealáhus- ja Guorahallanguovddáš (2000). Undersøkelse av bruken av samisk språk (PDF) (in Norwegian). p. 15. Retrieved 9 March 2023.