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Karasjok Municipality
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municipality in Finnmark, Norway
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Within Vinony's link graph, Karasjok Municipality is referenced by 151 other articles, and connects out to tincture, Sámi and Northern Sami.
The entry is geolocated on the map in NO.
It sits within the topics 1866 establishments in Norway, Karasjok Municipality and Municipalities of Finnmark.
Its subject is documented across 45 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Finnmark
- Established
- 1 Jan 1866
- Preceded by
- Kistrand Municipality
- Administrative centre
- Karasjok
- Mayor 2015
- Svein Atle Somby ( Ap )
- Total
- 5,452.94 km (2,105.39 sq mi)
- Land
- 5,210.70 km (2,011.86 sq mi)
- Water
- 242.24 km (93.53 sq mi) 4.4%
- Rank
- # 2 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 1,024 m (3,360 ft)
- Density
- 0.5/km (1.3/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- −4.9%
- Demonym
- Karasjoking
- Norwegian form
- Bokmål
- S mi form
- Northern Sami
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Government
- Founded
- 1866
- Location
- Karasjok, Norway
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.458213.9
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Norway
- Demonym
- karasjoking
- Country
- Norway
- Capital
- Karasjok
- Official language
- Northern Sami
- Population
- 2524
- Area
- 0.42
- Elevation
- 329
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Inari
- Official website
- www.karasjok.kommune.no
- Image
- Kaarasjoki.jpg
- Households
- 19
Show 8 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Karasjok
- native label
- Karasjok kommune
- Commons category
- Karasjok
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Karasjok
- separated from
- Porsanger Municipality
- twinned administrative body
- Lovozero
- language used
- Northern Sami
- inception
- 1866-01-01
Sources (11)
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Encyclopedic overview
Karasjok or Kárášjohka (Northern Sami; [ˈkʰaːraːʃˌjohka]) (also: Kven: Kaarasjoki) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Karasjok. Other villages include Dorvonjárga, Šuoššjávri, and Váljohka.
The 5,453-square-kilometre (2,105 sq mi) municipality is the second largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Karasjok is the 250th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,565. The municipality's population density is 0.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (1.3/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 4.9% over the previous 10-year period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Karasjok Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.