Måsøy
Municipality in Finnmark, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Måsøy (Northern Sami: Muosát; Kven: Moseija) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Havøysund. Other villages include Bakfjord, Gunnarnes, Ingøy, Måsøy, Slåtten, and Snefjord. The municipality is located on the mainland as well as several islands.
Måsøy Municipality
Måsøy kommune | |
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Maasø herred (historic name) | |
Coordinates: 70°59′48″N 24°39′41″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Finnmark |
District | Vest-Finnmark |
Established | 1 January 1838 (1838-01-01) |
• Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
Administrative centre | Havøysund |
Government | |
• Mayor (2023) | Ingrid Majala (LL) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,137.19 km2 (439.07 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,068.39 km2 (412.51 sq mi) |
• Water | 68.80 km2 (26.56 sq mi) 6.1% |
• Rank | #96 in Norway |
Highest elevation | 633.7 m (2,079.1 ft) |
Population (2024) | |
• Total | 1,113 |
• Rank | #328 in Norway |
• Density | 1/km2 (3/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | −10.3% |
Demonym | Måsøying[2] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Bokmål |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-5618[4] |
Website | Official website |
The 1,137-square-kilometre (439 sq mi) municipality is the 96th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Måsøy is the 328th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,113. The municipality's population density is 1 inhabitant per square kilometre (2.6/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 10.3% over the previous 10-year period.[5][6]
The municipality includes the Fruholmen Lighthouse, the northernmost lighthouse in Norway as well as the Havøysund Bridge, the northernmost bridge in the world. The tallest tower in Scandinavia, the 362-meter (1,188 ft) tall Ingøy radio transmitter is located on Ingøya island.
The Hurtigruten coastal express boat stops at the village of Havøysund daily. There is also a road connection to Havøysund, albeit often blocked by snow in the winter at the pass between Snefjord and Bakfjord. Norwegian County Road 889 connects the mainland to Havøysund. Bus services between Havøysund and Olderfjord (bus hub), operates twice a day. The nearest airport is Lakselv Banak Airport.