Nesseby Municipality
Nesseby Municipality
Nesseby kommune Unjárgga gielda | |
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| Næsseby herred (historic name) | |
Abelsborg in Nesseby municipality | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Finnmark within Norway | |
Nesseby within Finnmark | |
| Coordinates: 70°10′24″N 28°33′13″E / 70.17333°N 28.55361°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Finnmark |
| District | Øst-Finnmark |
| Established | 1839 |
| • Preceded by | Vadsø landdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Varangerbotn |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Berit Ranveig Nilssen (LL) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,437.07 km2 (554.86 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,365.04 km2 (527.04 sq mi) |
| • Water | 72.03 km2 (27.81 sq mi) 5% |
| • Rank | #62 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 520 m (1,710 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 859 |
| • Rank | #344 in Norway |
| • Density | 0.6/km2 (1.6/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −6.5% |
| Demonym | Nessebyværing |
| 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-5636 |
| Website | Official website |
Unjárga (Northern Sami) or Nesseby (Norwegian) (also unofficially Uuniemi in Kven and Finnish) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Varangerbotn. Other villages in Nesseby include Gandvik, Karlebotn, Nesseby, Grasbakken and Nyelv. The European route E06 and European route E75 highways intersect at Varangerbotn in Nesseby.
The 1,437-square-kilometre (555 sq mi) municipality is the 62nd largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Nesseby is the 344th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 859. The municipality's population density is 0.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (1.6/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 6.5% over the previous 10-year period.
In popular culture: The municipality has been the main set of movies, as late as the 2020s.