Storfjord Municipality
Storfjord kommune Omasvuona suohkan Omasvuonon kunta | |
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 View of the Skibotn harbor and camping area | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Troms within Norway | |
 Storfjord within Troms | |
| Coordinates: 69°16′43″N 20°17′12″E / 69.27861°N 20.28667°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Troms |
| District | Nord-Troms |
| Established | 21 June 1929 |
| • Preceded by | Lyngen Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Hatteng |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019) | Geir Varvik (H) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,542.73 km2 (595.65 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,476.62 km2 (570.13 sq mi) |
| • Water | 66.11 km2 (25.53 sq mi) 4.3% |
| • Rank | #54 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,575.64 m (5,169.42 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
| • Total | 1,825 |
| • Rank | #293 in Norway |
| • Density | 1.2/km2 (3/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  −6% |
| Demonym | Storfjording[2] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-5538[4] |
| Website | Official website |
Storfjord (Norwegian), Omasvuotna (Northern Sami; pronounced [ˈomasˌvuo̯tna]), or Omasvuono (Kven)[5][6] is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hatteng. Other villages in Storfjord include Elvevoll, Oteren, and Skibotn.
The 1,543-square-kilometre (596 sq mi) municipality is the 54th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Storfjord is the 293rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,825. The municipality's population density is 1.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.1/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 6% over the previous 10-year period.[7][8]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ 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).