Porsanger Municipality

Porsanger Municipality
Porsanger kommune
Porsáŋggu gielda
Porsangin komuuni
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Flag of Porsanger Municipality
Coat of arms of Porsanger Municipality
Finnmark within Norway
Finnmark within Norway
Porsanger within Finnmark
Porsanger within Finnmark
Coordinates: 70°03′08″N 24°57′21″E / 70.05222°N 24.95583°E / 70.05222; 24.95583
CountryNorway
CountyFinnmark
DistrictVest-Finnmark
Established1 Jan 1838
Administrative centreLakselv
Government
 • Mayor (2023)Jo Inge Hesjevik (H)
Area
 • Total
4,874.29 km2 (1,881.97 sq mi)
 • Land4,640.92 km2 (1,791.87 sq mi)
 • Water233.37 km2 (90.10 sq mi)  4.8%
 • Rank#3 in Norway
Highest elevation1,138.9 m (3,736.5 ft)
Population
 (2024)
 • Total
3,889
 • Rank#208 in Norway
 • Density0.8/km2 (2/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −1.9%
DemonymsPorsangværing
Porsangerværing[2]
Official languages
 • Norwegian formBokmål
 • Sámi formNorthern Sami
 • Other language(s)Kven
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-5622[4]
WebsiteOfficial website

Porsanger (Northern Sami: Porsáŋgu; Kven: Porsanki[5]) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lakselv. Other villages in the municipality include Børselv, Brenna, Indre Billefjord, Kistrand, Olderfjord, and Skoganvarre.

The 4,874-square-kilometre (1,882 sq mi) municipality is the 3rd largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Porsanger is the 208th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,889 (many of whom have a Kven (Kainu) or Sami background). The municipality's population density is 0.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (2.1/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 1.9% over the previous 10-year period.[6][7]

  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).

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