Kåfjord

Coordinates: 69°36′14″N 20°31′57″E / 69.60389°N 20.53250°E / 69.60389; 20.53250
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Kåfjord kommune
Gáivuona suohkan
Kaivuonon komuuni
View of Olderdalen
View of Olderdalen
Coat of arms of Kåfjord kommune
Kåfjord within
Kåfjord within
Coordinates: 69°36′14″N 20°31′57″E / 69.60389°N 20.53250°E / 69.60389; 20.53250
CountryNorway
Established1929
Administrative centreOlderdalen
Government
 • Mayor (2019)Bernt Eirik Isaksen Lyngstad (Ap)
Area
 • Total991.24 km2 (382.72 sq mi)
 • Land950.39 km2 (366.95 sq mi)
 • Water40.85 km2 (15.77 sq mi)  4.1%
 • Rank116 in Norway
Population
 (2020)
 • Total2,071
 • Rank277 in Norway
 • Density2.2/km2 (6/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
−6.2%
DemonymKåfjording[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-5426
Official language formBokmål[2]
Preceded byLyngen Municipality

Kåfjord (Northern Sami: Gáivuotna [ˈkaːjːvuo̯tna]; Kven: Kaivuono)[3] is a municipality in Troms county, Norway.

The 991-square-kilometre (383 sq mi) city is the 116th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Kåfjord is the 277th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,071.[4][5]

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  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. "Stadnamn og rettskriving" (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Archived from the original on 2018-07-01. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  4. Statistisk sentralbyrå (2020). "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  5. Statistisk sentralbyrå (2020). "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).