Lebesby Municipality
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Lebesby kommune Davvesiidda gielda Lebespyyn komuuni |
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 Lebesby within Finnmark |
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| Coordinates: 70°56′43″N 27°21′4″E / 70.94528°N 27.35111°ECoordinates: 70°56′43″N 27°21′4″E / 70.94528°N 27.35111°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Finnmark | ||
| District | Øst-Finnmark | ||
| Administrative centre | Kjøllefjord | ||
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| • Mayor (2010) | Stine Akselsen (Ap) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 3,457.76 km2 (1,335.05 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 3,231.92 km2 (1,247.85 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 225.84 km2 (87.20 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 8 in Norway | ||
| Population (2014) | |||
| • Total | 1,341 ( from last year) |
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| • Rank | 373 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 0.39/km2 (1.0/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -9.0 % | ||
| Demonym(s) | Lebesbyværing | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-2022 | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Website | www |
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Lebesby (Northern Sami: Davvesiidda and Kven: Lebespyy) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kjøllefjord. Other villages in the municipality include Ifjord, Kunes, Lebesby, and Veidnes.
The municipality consists of the western half of the Nordkinn Peninsula, along with areas around the Laksefjorden. Most people live in the village of Kjøllefjord. This municipality is dominated by ethnic Norwegians, whereas the areas around the Laksefjorden are predominantly Sami. Fishing is the mainstay of the population.
The parish of Lebesby was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). In 1864, the eastern part of Lebesby that surrounds the Tanafjorden (population: 1,388) was separated to become the new municipality of Tana. Tana was later separated into Tana, Gamvik, and Berlevåg. The borders of Lebesby have remain unchanged since that time.
Lebesby is may be a Norwegianized form of a Northern Sami name Leaibbessiida. The first element is then derived from leaibi which means "alder" and the last element is siida which means "dwelling place" (Norwegian: by). The other possible option is the at Lebesby is a corruption of the Old Norse Liðvarðsbýr. That name is made up of Liðvarð, a man's name, and býr which also means "dwelling place" (Norwegian: by).
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