Nord-Varanger Municipality

Nord-Varanger Municipality
Nord-Varanger herred
Nordvaranger herred  (historic name)
Finnmark within Norway
Finnmark within Norway
Nord-Varanger within Finnmark
Nord-Varanger within Finnmark
Coordinates: 70°04′49″N 29°43′53″E / 70.08028°N 29.73139°E / 70.08028; 29.73139
CountryNorway
CountyFinnmark
DistrictØst-Finnmark
Established1 Jan 1894
 • Preceded byVadsø Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byVadsø Municipality
Administrative centreVadsø
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total1,253.4 km2 (483.9 sq mi)
 • Rank#65 in Norway
Highest elevation633.85 m (2,079.56 ft)
Population
 (1963)
 • Total1,617
 • Rank#515 in Norway
 • Density1.3/km2 (3/sq mi)
DemonymVarangværing[2]
Official language
 • Norwegian formBokmål[3]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-2029[5]

Nord-Varanger is a former municipality in Finnmark county in Norway. The 1,253-square-kilometre (484 sq mi) municipality existed from 1894 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Vadsø Municipality. The administrative centre of the municipality was in the town of Vadsø. Other notable villages included Ekkerøy, Kiby, Krampenes, Skallelv, Valen, and Vestre Jakobselv.[6]

Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the 1,253.4-square-kilometre (483.9 sq mi) municipality was the 65th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Nord-Varanger Municipality was the 515th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,617. The municipality's population density was 1.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.4/sq mi).[7][8]

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  2. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  3. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1932. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 453–471. 1932.
  4. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  5. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  6. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (9 February 2009). "Nord-Varanger". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  7. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  8. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 1951). Norges Sivile, Geistlige, Rettslige og Militære Inndeling 1. Januar 1951 (PDF). Norges Offisielle Statistikk (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: H. Aschehoug & Co.