Mehamn

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Polar night in Mehamn

Mehamn ( Sami Donjevuotna , Kven : Meehamina ) is a place in northern Norway on the coast of the Barents Sea with around 690 inhabitants. The place belongs to the municipality of Gamvik in the province of Troms og Finnmark .

economy

The harbor

The inhabitants of Mehamn live mainly from fishing and the fish processing industry.

traffic

Since Gamvik has stopped calling, Mehamn has been the northernmost port of call for the traditional Hurtigruten mail service .

The airport Mehamn is located about one kilometer southwest of the village.

On the streets Fv888 and Rv98 you will reach almost 190 kilometers route in Tana bru to the European Straße 6 .

Attractions

Church in Mehamn
  • The church was built in 1965.
  • The Cape Kinnarodden on the Nordkinn Peninsula is the northernmost point of mainland Europe and destination of trekking or snowmobiling, whose starting point is Mehamn.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality. 1 January 2011 ( Engl. ) Accessed 22 August 2011.
  2. ↑ a b Mehamn. Store norske leksikon , accessed September 25, 2013 (Norwegian).

Coordinates: 71 ° 2 '  N , 27 ° 51'  E