Kvæfjord
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Kvæfjord kommune Giehtavuotna |
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 Kvæfjord within Troms |
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| Coordinates: 68°42′7″N 16°8′49″E / 68.70194°N 16.14694°ECoordinates: 68°42′7″N 16°8′49″E / 68.70194°N 16.14694°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Troms | ||
| District | Central Hålogaland | ||
| Administrative centre | Borkenes | ||
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| • Mayor (2011) | Torbjørn Larsen (Ap) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 512.75 km2 (197.97 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 497.59 km2 (192.12 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 15.16 km2 (5.85 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 205 in Norway | ||
| Population (2012) | |||
| • Total | 3,025 | ||
| • Rank | 266 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 6.1/km2 (16/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -4.0 % | ||
| Demonym(s) | Kvæfjerding | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1911 | ||
| Official language form | Neutral | ||
| Website | www |
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Kvæfjord (Northern Sami: Giehtavuotna) is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Central Hålogaland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Borkenes. Other villages include Hundstad, Langvassbukta, and Revsnes.
Together with Harstad, the two municipalities cover a large part of the island of Hinnøya in the southern part of the Troms county. Kvæfjord consists mostly of mountains and fjords. The municipality centers on the Kvæfjorden and Gullesfjorden.
Kvæfjord is also where the Norwegian national cake originally comes from.
Kvæfjord was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 25 October 1956, a part of Kvæfjord (population: 32) was transferred to neighboring Trondenes municipality. On 1 January 2000, the part of Kvæfjord that surrounded the Godfjorden (population: 102) was transferred from Kvæfjord to Sortland municipality (in neighboring Nordland county).
The municipality is named after the fjord (Old Norse: Kviðjufjǫrðr). The first element is the genitive case of the name of the island Kviðja (now Kvæøya) and the last element is fjǫrðr which means "fjord". The name of the island might be derived from the word kviðr which means "belly" or "stomach". Prior to 1889, the name was spelled Kvædfjord.
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