Finnmark
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Finnmark (help·info) or Finnmárku (Northern Sami) is a coonty in the extreme northeast o Norawa. Bi land it borders Troms coonty tae the wast, Finland (Lapland) te the sooth an Roushie (Murmansk Oblast) tae the east, an bi water, the Norse Sea (Atlantic Ocean) tae the northwest, an the Barents Sea (Airctic Ocean) tae the north an northeast.
Finnmark fylke Finnmárkku fylka | |
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 Coat airms | |
 Finnmark athin Norawa | |
| Kintra | Norawa |
| Coonty | Finnmark |
| Region | Nord-Norge |
| Coonty ID | NO-20 |
| Offeecial leid form | Bokmål, Kvensk, an Sami |
| Demonym | Finnmarking |
| Admeenistrative centre | Vadsø |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Gunnar Kjønnøy (1998–present) |
| • Coonty mayor | Runar Sjåstad Arbeiderpartiet (2007–present) |
| Area (#1 in Norawa, 15.04% o Norawa's land aurie) | |
| • Total | 48618 km2 (18,772 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 45757 km2 (17,667 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 72,812 |
| • Density | 2/km2 (5/sq mi) |
| • Chynge (10 years) | -4.2 % |
| • Rank in Norawa | 19 (1.60% of country) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02 (CEST) |
| Income (per caipita) | 128,300 NOK |
| GDP (per caipita) | 185,563 NOK (2001) |
| Naitional Rank: | 19 (0.90% o kintra) |
| Website | www.ffk.no |
The coonty wis umwhile kent as Finmarkens amt or Vardøhus amt, an syne 2002, haes haed twa offeecial names: Finnmark (Norse) an Finnmárku (Sami). It is pairt o the Sápmi region, which spans fower kintras, as well as the Barents Region, an is the lairgest an least populatit coonty o Norawa.
Situatit at the northmaist pairt o continental Europe, whaur Norawa swings eastward, Finnmark haes aaways been an aurie whaur east meets wast, in cultur as well as in natur an geography. Vardø, the eastmaist municipality in the kintra, is locatit farther east than Saunt Petersburg an Istanbul.
Municipalities
Currently, there are 19 municipalities in Finnmark.
| Municipalities in Finnmark | |
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