Hasvik Municipality

municipality in Finnmark, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Finnmark
District: Vest-Finnmark
Preceded by: Loppa Municipality
Administrative centre: Breivikbotn
Mayor 2023: Lars Hustad ( LL )
Total: 555.43 km (214.45 sq mi)
Land: 533.58 km (206.02 sq mi)
Water: 21.85 km (8.44 sq mi) 3.9%
Rank: # 195 in Norway
Highest elevation: 958.7 m (3,145 ft)
Density: 1.8/km (4.7/sq mi)
Change 10 years: −5.6%
Demonym: Hasvikværing
Norwegian form: Bokmål
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
Iso 3166 code: NO-5616

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Hasvik
Demonym: hasvikværing
Population: 987
Area: 0.43
Elevation: 13
Official website: www.hasvik.kommune.no
Image: Sørvær, Sørøya, Nórsko, 2013 - panoramio (3).jpg
Households: 13

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Commons category: Hasvik
inception: 1853-00-00

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Hasvik (Northern Sami: Ákŋoluovtta gielda; Kven: Hasviikan komuuni) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Breivikbotn. Other villages in the municipality include Breivik, Hasvik, and Sørvær. The population of Hasvik has generally been in steady decline due to problems within the fishing industry. Hasvik is an island municipality with no road connections to the rest of Norway. Hasvik Airport is served with regular connections to Tromsø and Hammerfest, and there is a two-hour ferry crossing to the village of Øksfjord on the mainland, providing access by car.

The 555-square-kilometre (214 sq mi) municipality is the 195th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Hasvik is the 336th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 979. The municipality's population density is 1.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.7/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 5.6% over the previous 10-year period.