Gáivuotna – Kåfjord
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Kåfjord kommune Gáivuona suohkan |
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 Kåfjord within Troms |
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| Coordinates: 69°36′14″N 20°31′57″E / 69.60389°N 20.53250°ECoordinates: 69°36′14″N 20°31′57″E / 69.60389°N 20.53250°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Troms | ||
| District | Nord-Troms | ||
| Administrative centre | Olderdalen | ||
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| • Mayor (2003) | Bjørn Inge Mo (Ap) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 991.10 km2 (382.67 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 950.24 km2 (366.89 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 40.86 km2 (15.78 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 106 in Norway | ||
| Population (2012) | |||
| • Total | 2,210 | ||
| • Rank | 315 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 2.3/km2 (6/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -5.7 % | ||
| Demonym(s) | Kåfjording | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1940 | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål and Sami | ||
| Website | www |
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Gáivuotna (Northern Sami) or Kåfjord (Norwegian), (also Kven: Kaivuono) is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Olderdalen. Other villages include Manndalen, Birtavarre, Trollvik, Samuelsberg, Nordmannvik and Djupvik.
The municipality of Kåfjord was established in 1929 when it was separated from the municipality of Lyngen. The initial population of Kåfjord was 2,482. Then on 1 January 1992, the Nordnes area of Lyngen (population: 38) was transferred to Kåfjord.
Kåfjord is a Norwegianized form of the Sámi name Gáivuotna. The meaning of the first element is unknown and the last element is vuotna which means "fjord".
The name of the municipality was Kåfjord until 2 May 1994, when it was changed to Gáivuotna–Kåfjord It was the fifth municipality in Norway to get a Sami name. In 2005, the name was again changed such that either the Sami Gáivuotna or the Norwegian Kåfjord name can be used.
The coat-of-arms is from 1988. It shows a silver spinning wheel on a red background. This was chosen to reflect the crafts and traditions of the local community.
The Church of Norway has one parish (sokn) within the municipality of Gáivuotna–Kåfjord. It is part of the Nord-Troms deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland.
In 1945, the villages of Kåfjord were burned to the ground during the retreat of German forces from Finland and Finnmark. This was as far west as the Wehrmacht used their scorched earth tactics.
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