Karasjok

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coat of arms map
Coat of arms of the Karasjok commune
Karasjok (Norway)
Karasjok
Karasjok
Basic data
Commune number : 5437
Province  (county) : Troms and Finnmark
Administrative headquarters: Karasjok
Coordinates : 69 ° 28 ′  N , 25 ° 30 ′  E Coordinates: 69 ° 28 ′  N , 25 ° 30 ′  E
Surface: 5,452.95 km²
Residents: 2,628  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density : 0.48 inhabitants per km²
Language form : Bokmål and North Sami
Website:
politics
Mayor : Svein Atle Somby  ( Ap ) (2015)
Located in the province of Troms and Finnmark
Location of the municipality in the province of Troms og Finnmark
The Karasjokka River near Karasjok

Karasjok ( North Sami Kárášjohka ) is a Norwegian municipality in the province ( Fylke ) Troms og Finnmark .

geography

Karasjok is located in the Norwegian part of the Sami settlement area on the banks of the Karasjokka River . The municipality is located near the Finnish border and on European route 6 . Lake Iešjávri lies on the northern border .

In Karasjok, the lowest temperature ever recorded in Norway was recorded on January 1, 1886, at −51.4 ° C (−60.5 ° F).


Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Karasjok
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) −11.5 −10.0 −4.2 1.4 7.4 14.6 17.7 14.9 9.2 1.9 −5.0 −9.5 O 2.3
Min. Temperature (° C) −23.2 −21.6 −16.6 −8.8 −0.7 5.4 8.2 6.1 1.5 −4.8 −14.0 −21.1 O −7.4
Temperature (° C) −17.1 −15.4 −10.3 −3.1 3.8 10.1 13.1 10.7 5.3 −1.3 −9.4 −15.3 O −2.3
Precipitation ( mm ) 18th 13 14th 15th 23 42 71 58 40 33 22nd 17th Σ 366
Rainy days ( d ) 5.8 4.5 4.6 4.8 5.6 8.4 10.5 10.5 9.0 8.3 6.7 5.8 Σ 84.5
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17.7
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14.9
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coat of arms

Description : Three five-flame golden fires in red .

Culture

The building of the Norwegian Sameting in Karasjok

Karasjok is the second center of the Norwegian Sami after Kautokeino . Here are the seats of the autonomous Sami Parliament ( Sámediggi ) and the regional Sami language broadcaster of the Norwegian radio Sámiradio as well as the "Sápmi Culture Park", a culture and experience museum . There is also the Samiske Samlinger, a museum for Sami culture, and the Sami Kunstnersenter, the center for Sami artists.

Sons and daughters of Karasjok

Web links

Commons : Karasjok  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning