Kåfjord Municipality
municipality in Troms, Norway
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Summary
Kåfjord Municipality is a municipality of Norway[1]. It draws 181 Wikipedia views per month (municipality of norway category, ranking #63 of 360).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Troms[3]
- Country: Norway[4]
- Head of government: Bernt Eirik Isaksen Lyngstad[5]
- Capital: Olderdalen[6]
- Official language: Norwegian[7], Northern Sami[8]
- Shares border with: Nordreisa Municipality[9], Storfjord Municipality[10], Lyngen Municipality[11], Enontekiö[12]
- Main regulatory text: Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[13]
- Commons category: Kåfjord, Troms[14]
- Inception: January 1, 1929[15]
- Significant event: boundary change[16]
- Separated from: Lyngen Municipality[17]
- Official website: https://www.kafjord.kommune.no/[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Gáivuotna–Kåfjord[19]
- Email address: mailto:post@kafjord.kommune.no[20]
- Population: 2150[21], 2071[22], 2072[23], 2012[24], 2000[25], 1974[26], 1955[27], 1939[28]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Kåfjord[29]
- Official name: Gáivuotna[30], Kåfjord[31], Kaivuono[32], Gáivuona suohkan[33], Kåfjord kommune[34], Kaivuonon komuuni[35], Gáivuotna – Kåfjord – Kaivuono[36], Kåfjord kommune –Gáivuona suohkan – Kaivuonon komuuni[37]
- Number of households: 949[38], 864[39], 41[40], 21[41], 0[42], 23[43]
- Native label: Kåfjord kommune[44], Gáivuona suohkan[45], Kaivuonon komuuni[46]
- Area: 991.10 km²[47], 991.1758169463723 km²[48], 1115.3453458932415 km²[49], 124.16952894686925 km²[50], 795.9293841411596 km²[51], 3.8118789884088544 km²[52], 39.647407695977336 km²[53], 1.200879728746657 km²[54], 4.079532201405005 km²[55], 135.78743718001422 km²[56], 10.204673821268331 km²[57], 0.3432073720799651 km²[58], 0 km²[59], 0.1714158173122897 km²[60]
Why It Matters
Kåfjord Municipality has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]