Måsøy Municipality
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Måsøy kommune Muosátsullo gielda Moseijan komuuni |
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 Måsøy within Finnmark |
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| Coordinates: 70°59′48″N 24°39′41″E / 70.99667°N 24.66139°ECoordinates: 70°59′48″N 24°39′41″E / 70.99667°N 24.66139°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Finnmark | ||
| District | Vest-Finnmark | ||
| Administrative centre | Havøysund | ||
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| • Mayor (2011) | Anne Karin Olli (H) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 1,134.42 km2 (438.00 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 1,066.56 km2 (411.80 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 67.86 km2 (26.20 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 88 in Norway | ||
| Population (2014) | |||
| • Total | 1,241 ( from last year) |
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| • Rank | 383 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 1.09/km2 (2.8/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -11.3 % | ||
| Demonym(s) | Måsøying | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-2018 | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Website | www |
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Måsøy (Northern Sami: Muosát; Kven: Moseija) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Havøysund. Other villages include Ingøy, Måsøy, Slåtten, and Gunnarnes. The municipality is located on the mainland as well as several islands.
The municipality includes the Fruholmen Lighthouse, the northernmost lighthouse in Norway as well as the Havøysund Bridge, the northernmost bridge in the world. The tallest tower in Scandinavia, the 362-meter (1,188 ft) tall Ingøy radio transmitter is located on Ingøya island.
The Hurtigruten coastal express boat stops at the village of Havøysund daily. There is also a road connection to Måsøy, albeit often blocked by snow in the winter. Norwegian County Road 889 connects the mainland to Havøysund.
The town of Hammerfest and the vast surrounding rural district of Hammerfest was established as the municipality of Hammerfest by og landdistrikt on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Soon after, the northern district (population: 498) was separated to become the new municipality of Maasøe, named after the village on the island of Måsøya where the local church is located. The spelling was later changed to Måsøy.
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