Kvalsund Municipality
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Kvalsund kommune Fálesnuori gielda Valasnuoran komuuni |
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 Kvalsund within Finnmark |
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| Coordinates: 70°29′56.3″N 23°58′26.2″E / 70.498972°N 23.973944°ECoordinates: 70°29′56.3″N 23°58′26.2″E / 70.498972°N 23.973944°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Finnmark | ||
| District | Vest-Finnmark | ||
| Administrative centre | Kvalsund | ||
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| • Mayor (2015) | Terje Wikstrøm (Ap) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 1,844.09 km2 (712.01 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 1,739.28 km2 (671.54 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 104.81 km2 (40.47 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 37 in Norway | ||
| Population (2014) | |||
| • Total | 1,051 ( from last year) |
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| • Rank | 397 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 0.57/km2 (1.5/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -3.8 % | ||
| Demonym(s) | Kvalsundværing | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-2017 | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Website | www |
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Kvalsund (Northern Sami: Fálesnuorri and Kven: Valasnuora) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kvalsund. Other villages in the municipality include Áisaroaivi, Kokelv, Kvalsund, Oldernes, Oldervik, Revsneshamn, Skaidi.
The Kvalsund Bridge (Kvalsundbrua) is a suspension bridge that crosses the Kvalsundet strait from the mainland to the island of Kvaløya.
In 2015 media said that for 4 years an application has been filed for establishing Norway's largest copper mine - depending on a permit for creating a zone in Repparfjorden for depositing waste from the mine.
Since 2011, the mayor of Kvalsund is Ragnar Olsen, who represents the Labour Party.
The municipality of Kvalsund was established on 1 July 1869 when it was separated from the Hammerfest landdistrikt (the rural municipality surrounding the city of Hammerfest). Initially, Kvalsund had 514 residents. On 1 January 1963, a small area in southern Måsøy (population: 34) was transferred to Kvalsund.
The Old Norse form of the name was Hvalsund. The first element is hvalr which means "whale" and the last element is sund which means "strait" or "sound". The Sámi name also translates to Whale (fáles) Strait (nuorri).
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