Kautokeino Municipality
Kautokeino kommune Guovdageainnu suohkan | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Finnmark within Norway | |
 Kautokeino within Finnmark | |
| Coordinates: 69°00′42″N 23°02′36″E / 69.01167°N 23.04333°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Finnmark |
| Established | 1851 |
| • Preceded by | Kistrand Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Kautokeino |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Anders S. Buljo (LL) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9,707.35 km2 (3,748.03 sq mi) |
| • Land | 8,967.38 km2 (3,462.32 sq mi) |
| • Water | 739.97 km2 (285.70 sq mi) 7.6% |
| • Rank | #1 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 973.9 m (3,195.2 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
| • Total | 2,848 |
| • Rank | #236 in Norway |
| • Density | 0.3/km2 (0.8/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  −2.8% |
| Demonym | Kautokeinoværing[2] |
| Official languages | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| • Sámi form | Northern Sami |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-5612[4] |
| Website | Official website |
Kautokeino (Norwegian: Kautokeino; Northern Sami: Guovdageaidnu [ˈkuo̯vːtaˌkea̯jːtnuː];[5] Kven: Koutokeino; Finnish: Koutokeino) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino. Other villages include Láhpoluoppal and Máze.
The 9,707-square-kilometre (3,748 sq mi) municipality is the largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Kautokeino is the 236th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,848. The municipality's population density is 0.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (0.78/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 2.8% over the previous 10-year period.[6][7]
Guovdageainnu Municipality (Kautokeino) is one of two cultural centers of Northern Sápmi today (the other being the neighboring Kárášjoga Municipality). The most significant industries are reindeer herding, theatre/movie industry, and the public education system. Kautokeino is one of the coldest places in the Nordics.
- ^ "Høgaste fjelltopp i kvar kommune" (in Norwegian). Kartverket. 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
sami namewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).