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Hasvik

Hasvik kommune
Ákŋoluovtta gielda
Hasviikan komuuni
Municipality
Coat of arms of Hasvik kommune
Coat of arms
Official logo of Hasvik kommune
Finnmark within
Norway
Hasvik within Finnmark
Hasvik within Finnmark
Coordinates: 70°35′30″N 22°18′10″E / 70.59167°N 22.30278°E / 70.59167; 22.30278Coordinates: 70°35′30″N 22°18′10″E / 70.59167°N 22.30278°E / 70.59167; 22.30278
Country Norway
County Finnmark
Administrative centre Breivikbotn
Government
 • Mayor (2007) Eva Danielsen Husby (Ap)
Area
 • Total 555.96 km2 (214.66 sq mi)
 • Land 534.46 km2 (206.36 sq mi)
 • Water 21.50 km2 (8.30 sq mi)
Area rank 192 in Norway
Population (2014)
 • Total 1,037 (Increase from last year)
 • Rank 398 in Norway
 • Density 1.9/km2 (5/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years) -5.3 %
Demonym(s) Hasvikværing
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code NO-2015
Official language form Bokmål
Website www.hasvik.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Hasvik (Northern Sami: Ákŋoluovtta gielda; Kven: Hasviikan komuuni) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Breivikbotn. Other villages in the municipality include Breivik, Hasvik, and Sørvær. The population of Hasvik has been in steady decline due to problems within the fishing industry.

Hasvik Airport is served with regular connections to Tromsø and Hammerfest, and there is a two-hour ferry crossing to Øksfjord, providing access by car.

In the sea off the village of Sørvær lied the stranded Soviet cruiser Murmansk, which ran aground on Christmas Eve in 1994 after her towlines snapped off North Cape. She was on her way to India to be scrapped at the time. Due to environmental and logistical concerns, it had to be removed piece by piece. Scandinavia’s largest demolition contractor, AF Decom, constructed a massive breakwater and dry dock around Murmansk to access the shipwreck from land and demolish it where it rested. The dock around the wreck was sealed in April 2012. By mid-May the dock was almost empty of water and the demolishing of the cruiser began. The project was completed in 2013.


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