Porsanger Municipality
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Porsanger kommune Porsáŋggu gielda Porsangin komuuni |
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 Porsanger within Finnmark |
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| Coordinates: 70°3′8″N 24°57′21″E / 70.05222°N 24.95583°ECoordinates: 70°3′8″N 24°57′21″E / 70.05222°N 24.95583°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Finnmark | ||
| District | Vest-Finnmark | ||
| Administrative centre | Lakselv | ||
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| • Mayor (2015) | Aina Borch (Ap) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 4,872.67 km2 (1,881.35 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 4,640.95 km2 (1,791.88 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 231.72 km2 (89.47 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 3 in Norway | ||
| Population (2014) | |||
| • Total | 3,978 ( from last year) |
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| • Rank | 235 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 0.81/km2 (2.1/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -8.5 % | ||
| Demonym(s) | Porsangværing Porsangerværing |
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| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-2020 | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål, Sami, and Kven | ||
| Website | www |
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Porsanger (Norwegian) or Porsáŋgu (Northern Sami) or Porsanki (Kven/Finnish) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lakselv. Other villages in the municipality include Børselv, Brenna, Indre Billefjord, Kistrand, Olderfjord, and Skoganvarre.
Porsanger has a population of nearly 4000 people, many with Kven (Kainu) or Sami background. The municipal population has been decreasing by about 8% over the last ten years.
The municipality of Kistrand (renamed Porsanger in 1964) was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 January 1851, the southern part of Kistrand (population: 869) was separated to become the new Kautokeino Municipality. On 1 January 1861, the northern part of Kistrand (population: 345) was separated to become the new Kjelvik Municipality. On 1 January 1866, the southern part of Kistrand (population: 515) was separated to become the new Karasjok Municipality.
The municipality was originally named Kistrand, after the farm where the main parish church (Kistrand Church) was located. In 1964, the municipality was renamed Porsanger, after the local Porsangerfjorden.
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