Måsøy

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coat of arms map
Måsøy municipality coat of arms
Måsøy (Norway)
Måsøy
Måsøy
Basic data
Commune number : 5434
Province  (county) : Troms and Finnmark
Administrative headquarters: Havøysund
Coordinates : 70 ° 55 '  N , 24 ° 41'  E Coordinates: 70 ° 55 '  N , 24 ° 41'  E
Surface: 1,135.83 km²
Residents: 1,225  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density : 1 inhabitant per km²
Language form : Bokmål
Website:
politics
Mayor : Bernth R. Sjursen  ( Ap ) (2019)
Located in the province of Troms and Finnmark
Location of the municipality in the province of Troms og Finnmark

Måsøy ( Sami Muosátsullo ) is a town and municipality in the Norwegian province ( Fylke ) Troms og Finnmark .

The municipality is located on the west coast of Finnmark on the Porsanger peninsula and some offshore islands. It includes several scattered coastal settlements. The administrative seat was moved from the eponymous place Måsøy to Havøysund ; other settlements are Snefjord, Kokelv, Ingøy and Rolvsøy. Until December 31, 1983, western parts of the island of Magerøya , in particular the place Gjesvær , belonged to the municipality of Måsøy.

The village of Måsøy

The lighthouse Fruholmen fyr is the northernmost in Norway and the world.

The Hurtigruten ships call at Havøysund harbor every day. In addition to a road that is often impassable in winter, this is the most important connection to the outside world.

Personalities

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning
  2. ^ Einar Richter-Hanssen: Nordkapp - Gate to the Arctic Ocean. Publisher: Arctic Suvenir AS, 2011, ISBN 978-82-998690-0-3 , p. 83 f.