Kåfjord Municipality
Kåfjord Municipality
Kåfjord kommune Gáivuona suohkan Kaivuonon komuuni | |
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View of Olderdalen | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Troms within Norway | |
Kåfjord within Troms | |
| Coordinates: 69°36′14″N 20°31′57″E / 69.60389°N 20.53250°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Troms |
| District | Nord-Troms |
| Established | 21 June 1929 |
| • Preceded by | Lyngen Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Olderdalen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019) | Bernt Eirik Isaksen Lyngstad (Ap) |
| Area | |
• Total | 991.15 km2 (382.69 sq mi) |
| • Land | 949.56 km2 (366.63 sq mi) |
| • Water | 41.59 km2 (16.06 sq mi) 4.2% |
| • Rank | #116 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,375.4 m (4,512 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 1,974 |
| • Rank | #283 in Norway |
| • Density | 2/km2 (5.2/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −11.1% |
| Demonym | Kåfjording |
| Official languages | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| • Sámi form | Northern Sami |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-5540 |
| Website | Official website |
Kåfjord (Norwegian), Gáivuotna [ˈkaːjːvuo̯tna] (Northern Sami), or Kaivuono (Kven) is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Olderdalen. Other notable villages include Løkvollen, Manndalen, Birtavarre, Trollvik, Samuelsberg, Nordmannvik, and Djupvik.
The 991-square-kilometre (383 sq mi) municipality is the 116th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Kåfjord is the 283rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,974. The municipality's population density is 2 inhabitants per square kilometre (5.2/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 11.1% over the previous 10-year period.