Nesseby Municipality

Nesseby Municipality
Nesseby kommune
Unjárgga gielda
Næsseby herred  (historic name)
Abelsborg in Nesseby municipality
Abelsborg in Nesseby municipality
Flag of Nesseby Municipality
Coat of arms of Nesseby Municipality
Finnmark within Norway
Finnmark within Norway
Nesseby within Finnmark
Nesseby within Finnmark
Coordinates: 70°10′24″N 28°33′13″E / 70.17333°N 28.55361°E / 70.17333; 28.55361
CountryNorway
CountyFinnmark
DistrictØst-Finnmark
Established1839
 • Preceded byVadsø landdistrikt
Administrative centreVarangerbotn
Government
 • Mayor (2023)Berit Ranveig Nilssen (LL)
Area
 • Total1,437.07 km2 (554.86 sq mi)
 • Land1,365.04 km2 (527.04 sq mi)
 • Water72.03 km2 (27.81 sq mi)  5%
 • Rank#62 in Norway
Highest elevation520 m (1,710 ft)
Population
 (2024)
 • Total859
 • Rank#344 in Norway
 • Density0.6/km2 (2/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −6.5%
DemonymNessebyværing[2]
Official languages
 • Norwegian formBokmål
 • Sámi formNorthern Sami
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-5636[4]
WebsiteOfficial website

Unjárga (Northern Sami) or Nesseby (Norwegian)[5] (also unofficially Uuniemi in Kven and 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, Grasbakken[6] and Nyelv. The European route E06 and European route E75 highways intersect at Varangerbotn in Nesseby.

The 1,437-square-kilometre (555 sq mi) municipality is the 62nd largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Nesseby is the 344th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 859. The municipality's population density is 0.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (1.6/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 6.5% over the previous 10-year period.[7][8]

In popular culture: The municipality has been the main set of movies, as late as the 2020s.[9]

  1. ^ "Høgaste fjelltopp i kvar kommune" (in Norwegian). Kartverket. 16 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  3. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  4. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  5. ^ "Stadnamn og rettskriving" (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  6. ^ https://snl.no/Grasbakken. Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 2024-06-12
  7. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  8. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).
  9. ^ https://www.nrk.no/sapmi/_biru-unjarga_-er-en-av-20-kommende-samiske-filmer-og-tv-serier-1.16720979. NRK.no. Retrieved 2024-07-26

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