Kautokeino Municipality

Kautokeino Municipality
Kautokeino kommune
Guovdageainnu suohkan
Flag of Kautokeino Municipality
Coat of arms of Kautokeino Municipality
Finnmark within Norway
Finnmark within Norway
Kautokeino within Finnmark
Kautokeino within Finnmark
Coordinates: 69°00′42″N 23°02′36″E / 69.01167°N 23.04333°E / 69.01167; 23.04333
CountryNorway
CountyFinnmark
Established1851
 • Preceded byKistrand Municipality
Administrative centreKautokeino
Government
 • Mayor (2023)Anders S. Buljo (LL)
Area
 • Total9,707.35 km2 (3,748.03 sq mi)
 • Land8,967.38 km2 (3,462.32 sq mi)
 • Water739.97 km2 (285.70 sq mi)  7.6%
 • Rank#1 in Norway
Highest elevation973.9 m (3,195.2 ft)
Population
 (2024)
 • Total2,848
 • Rank#236 in Norway
 • Density0.3/km2 (0.8/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −2.8%
DemonymKautokeinoværing[2]
Official languages
 • Norwegian formBokmål
 • Sámi formNorthern Sami
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-5612[4]
WebsiteOfficial 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.

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