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Finnmark
Norwegian county / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Finnmark[2] (Norwegian: [ˈfɪ̀nːmɑrk] (listen); Northern Sami: Finnmárku [ˈfinːmaːrku]; Kven: Finmarku; Finnish: Ruija [ˈrui̯jɑ]; Russian: Финнмарк) is the county in Norway, that is farthest to the North, and farthest to the East. It became a county again in 2024.
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Finnmark kommune
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Municipality | |
![]() August 2009 view towards Váldatgohppi and Kunsavárri mountain in Porsanger, Norway | |
Coordinates: 70°N 25°E / 70; 25 | |
Country | Norway |
County | Finnmark |
Administrative centre | Vadsø |
Area | |
• Total | 48,618 km2 (18,772 sq mi) |
• Land | 45,757 km2 (17,667 sq mi) |
• Water | 2,861 km2 (1,105 sq mi) 5.9% |
• Rank | 1 in Norway |
Population (30 September 2019) | |
• Total | 75,540 |
• Rank | 18 in Norway |
• Density | 1.55/km2 (4.0/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | 2.73% |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-20 |
Official language form | Bokmål[1] |
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On 28 October 2021, the Norwegian government confirmed that work has started in regard to Finnmark becoming a separate county again. [3] Previously, on 1 January 2020 Finnmark was merged with the neighboring county of Troms to form the new Troms og Finnmark county.[4]
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