Loppa Municipality

Loppa Municipality
Loppa kommune

Láhpi suohkan (Northern Sami)
Lappean komuuni (Kven)
Loppen herred  (historic name)
View of the village of Øksfjord
View of the village of Øksfjord
Flag of Loppa Municipality
Coat of arms of Loppa Municipality
Finnmark within Norway
Finnmark within Norway
Loppa within Finnmark
Loppa within Finnmark
Coordinates: 70°14′22″N 22°20′55″E / 70.23944°N 22.34861°E / 70.23944; 22.34861
CountryNorway
CountyFinnmark
DistrictVest-Finnmark
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centreØksfjord
Government
 • Mayor (2023)Cato Kristiansen (SV)
Area
 • Total689.27 km2 (266.13 sq mi)
 • Land671.19 km2 (259.15 sq mi)
 • Water18.08 km2 (6.98 sq mi)  2.6%
 • Rank#167 in Norway
Highest elevation1,191 m (3,907 ft)
Population
 (2024)
 • Total864
 • Rank#343 in Norway
 • Density1.3/km2 (3/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −15.9%
DemonymLoppværing[2]
Official language
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-5614[4]
WebsiteOfficial website

Loppa (Northern Sami: Láhppi and Kven: Lappea) is a municipality in 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 689-square-kilometre (266 sq mi) municipality is the 167th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Loppa is the 343rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 864. The municipality's population density is 1.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.4/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 15.9% over the previous 10-year period.[5][6]

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.

  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. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  6. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).