Hammerfest (town)

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Hammerfest is located in Finnmark
Hammerfest
Hammerfest
Hammerfest is located in Norway
Hammerfest
Hammerfest
Coordinates: 70°39′48″N 23°40′56″E / 70.6634°N 23.6821°E / 70.6634; 23.6821
CountryNorway
RegionNorthern Norway
CountyFinnmark
DistrictVest-Finnmark
MunicipalityHammerfest Municipality
Established as 
Kjøpstad1789
Area
 • Total3.02 km2 (1.17 sq mi)
Elevation2 m (7 ft)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Total7,882
 • Density2,610/km2 (6,800/sq mi)
DemonymHammerfesting
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
9600 Hammerfest
Hammerfest kjøpstad
Finnmark within Norway
Finnmark within Norway
Hammerfest within Finnmark
Hammerfest within Finnmark
CountryNorway
CountyFinnmark
DistrictVest-Finnmark
Established1852
 • Preceded byHammerfest by og landdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1992
 • Succeeded byHammerfest Municipality
Administrative centreHammerfest
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total2.9 km2 (1.1 sq mi)
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral
ISO 3166 codeNO-2001[4]

Hammerfest or Hámmárfeasta is a town/city[5] that is also the administrative centre of Hammerfest Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located on the northwestern coast of the island of Kvaløya, just north of the village of Rypefjord and southwest of the village of Forsøl. The 3.02-square-kilometre (750-acre) city has a population (2023) of 7,882 which gives the city a population density of 2,610 inhabitants per square kilometre (6,800/sq mi).[1]

The town has an ice-free harbor, including the nearby island of Melkøya which is home to a natural gas processing station. It processes gas from the Snøhvit gas field in the Barents Sea. Rypefjord is a suburb to the south of the city. The main church for the city and municipality is Hammerfest Church. The "midnight sun" is above the horizon from 15 May to 31 July, and the period with continuous daylight lasts a bit longer. Polar night, on the other hand, lasts from 23 November to 19 January. The town is visited by cruise ships from all over the world each summer. In 2016, there were about 19,000 tourists who visited the city of Hammerfest.[6]


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  1. ^ a b c Statistisk sentralbyrå (2023-12-23). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
  2. ^ "Hammerfest (Finnmark)". yr.no. Archived from the original on 2018-06-23. Retrieved 2018-06-23.
  3. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  4. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  5. ^ In the Norwegian language, the word by can be translated as "town" or "city".
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