Nesseby Municipality
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Nesseby kommune Unjárgga gielda |
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Abelsborg in Nesseby municipality
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 Nesseby within Finnmark |
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| Coordinates: 70°10′24″N 28°33′13″E / 70.17333°N 28.55361°ECoordinates: 70°10′24″N 28°33′13″E / 70.17333°N 28.55361°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Finnmark | ||
| District | Øst-Finnmark | ||
| Administrative centre | Varangerbotn | ||
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| • Mayor (2011) | Knut Inge Store (Ap) | ||
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| • Total | 1,436.37 km2 (554.59 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 1,366.89 km2 (527.76 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 69.48 km2 (26.83 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 57 in Norway | ||
| Population (2014) | |||
| • Total | 919 ( from last year) |
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| • Rank | 410 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 0.64/km2 (1.7/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -0.9 % | ||
| Demonym(s) | Nessebyværing | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-2027 | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål and Sami | ||
| Website | www |
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Unjárga (Northern Sami) or Nesseby (Norwegian) (also Uuniemi in Kven/Finnish) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Varangerbotn. Other villages in Nesseby include Gandvik, Karlebotn, Nesseby, and Nyelv. The European route E06 and European route E75 highways intersect at Varangerbotn in Nesseby.
The municipality of Nesseby was originally established in 1839 when the western part of the Vadsø landdistrikt was separated to form Nesseby. Initially, there were 598 residents. This was short-lived, however, since the two were merged back together in 1858. On 1 January 1864, the municipality of Nesseby was again created from the western district of Vadsø landdistrikt. The initial population (this time) was 886. The western part of Nesseby (population: 450) was separated on 1 January 1903 to form the new municipality of Polmak.
The official name of the municipality was Nesseby before 1989 when it was changed to Unjárga-Nesseby. It was the second municipality in Norway to get a Sami name. In 2005, the name was again changed, such that either Unjárga or Nesseby can be used.
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Nesseby farm, since Nesseby Church was built there (in 1858). The first element is nes which means "headland" and the last element is by which means "town".
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