Loppa
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Loppa kommune Láhpi suohkan Lappean komuuni |
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Øksfjord village
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 Loppa within Finnmark |
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| Coordinates: 70°14′22″N 22°20′55″E / 70.23944°N 22.34861°ECoordinates: 70°14′22″N 22°20′55″E / 70.23944°N 22.34861°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Finnmark | ||
| District | Vest-Finnmark | ||
| Administrative centre | Øksfjord | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2007) | Jan-Eirik Jensen (Kp) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 687.30 km2 (265.37 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 669.35 km2 (258.44 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 17.95 km2 (6.93 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 162 in Norway | ||
| Population (2014) | |||
| • Total | 1,027 ( from last year) |
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| • Rank | 401 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 1.49/km2 (3.9/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -20.6 % | ||
| Demonym(s) | Loppværing | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-2014 | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Website | www |
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Loppa (Northern Sami: Láhpi and Kven: Lappean) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Øksfjord. Other villages in Loppa include Andsnes, Bergsfjord, Langfjordhamn, Loppa, Nuvsvåg, Øksfjordbotn, Sandland, and Sør-Tverrfjord.
Most people live in the village of Øksfjord, but smaller communities are spread out along the shores and islands, notably Nuvsvåg, Sandland, Bergsfjord, Brynilen, and the island of Loppa. This island was previously the administrative centre of the municipality (hence the name). There is no airport, but Øksfjord is a port of call for the Hurtigruten boats.
The municipality of Loppa was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). In 1858, the northern part of Loppa on the island of Sørøya and most of Loppa on Stjernøya (population: 506) was separated to form the new municipality of Hasvik. This left Loppa with 801 residents. The borders of the municipality have not changed since that time.
The municipality is named after the island of Loppa (Old Norse: Loppa), since it was the former centre of the municipality and the first church (Loppa Church) was located there. The meaning of the name is uncertain. Historically, the name was spelled Loppen.
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