Vadsø Municipality
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Vadsø kommune Čáhcesuolu gielda Vesisaaren komuuni |
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 Vadsø within Finnmark |
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| Coordinates: 70°04′24″N 29°44′59″E / 70.07333°N 29.74972°ECoordinates: 70°04′24″N 29°44′59″E / 70.07333°N 29.74972°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Finnmark | ||
| District | Øst-Finnmark | ||
| Administrative centre | Vadsø | ||
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| • Mayor (2015) | Hans-Jacob Bønå (H) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 1,257.84 km2 (485.65 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 1,233.68 km2 (476.33 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 24.16 km2 (9.33 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 77 in Norway | ||
| Population (2017) | |||
| • Total | 6,154 (  from last year) |
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| • Rank | 169 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 5.0/km2 (13/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | 0.5 % | ||
| Demonym(s) | Vadsøværing | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-2003 | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Website | www |
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Vadsø [²vɑdsøː] (
listen) (Northern Sami: Čáhcesuolu; Kven: Vesisaari) is a municipality in Finnmark County, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Vadsø, which is also the administrative centre of Finnmark county. Other settlements in Vadsø include Ekkerøy, Kiby, Krampenes, Skallelv, Valen, and Vestre Jakobselv.
The 1,258-square-kilometre (486 sq mi) municipality is the 77th largest by area out of the 426 municipalities in Norway. Vadsø is the 169th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 6,154. The municipality's population density is 5 inhabitants per square kilometre (13/sq mi) and its population has increased by 0.5% over the last decade.
The village of Vadsø was granted town status in 1833. In 1838, the town of Vadsø and the entire rural district surrounding the Varangerfjorden were established as the new municipality of Vadsø (see formannskapsdistrikt). The law required that all towns should be separated from their rural districts, but because of a low population and very few voters, this was impossible to carry out for the municipality of Vadsø in 1838. (See also Hammerfest and Vardø.)
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