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Kvænangen Municipality

municipality in Troms, Norway
Organization municipality_of_norway Q488959
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Kvænangen Municipality

Summary

Kvænangen Municipality is a municipality of Norway[1]. It draws 61 Wikipedia views per month (municipality_of_norway category, ranking #61 of 360).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kvænangen Municipality is located in Troms[3].
  • Kvænangen Municipality is in the country of Norway[4].
  • Kvænangen Municipality's head of government is recorded as Eirik Losnegaard Mevik[5].
  • Kvænangen Municipality's instance of is recorded as municipality of Norway[6].
  • Kvænangen Municipality's capital is recorded as Burfjord[7].
  • Kvænangen Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Loppa Municipality[8].
  • Kvænangen Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Alta[9].
  • Kvænangen Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Kautokeino Municipality[10].
  • Kvænangen Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Nordreisa Municipality[11].
  • Kvænangen Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Skjervøy Municipality[12].
  • Kvænangen Municipality's main regulatory text is recorded as Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[13].
  • Kvænangen Municipality's Commons category is recorded as Kvænangen[14].
  • Kvænangen Municipality's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[15].
  • 1863 marks the founding of Kvænangen Municipality[16].
  • Kvænangen Municipality's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 69.894166666667, 'lon': 21.980277777778}[17].
  • Kvænangen Municipality's significant event is recorded as boundary change[18].
  • Kvænangen Municipality's significant event is recorded as boundary change[19].
  • Kvænangen Municipality's separated from is recorded as Skjervøy Municipality[20].
  • Kvænangen Municipality's official website is recorded as https://www.kvanangen.kommune.no/[21].
  • Kvænangen Municipality's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kvænangen[22].
  • Kvænangen Municipality has a population of {'amount': '+1231'}[23].
  • Kvænangen Municipality has a population of {'amount': '+1191'}[24].
  • Kvænangen Municipality has a population of {'amount': '+1166'}[25].
  • Kvænangen Municipality has a population of {'amount': '+1159'}[26].
  • Kvænangen Municipality has a population of {'amount': '+1118'}[27].

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Founding

1863 marks the founding of Kvænangen Municipality[16].

Why It Matters

Kvænangen Municipality draws 61 Wikipedia views per month (municipality_of_norway category, ranking #61 of 360).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Govdirectory Norway

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . kvanangen.kommune.no. kvanangen.kommune.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → Loppa Municipality, Alta, Kautokeino Municipality +2
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 69.894166666667, 'lon': 21.980277777778}
    Country → —
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Kvænangen
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 226853, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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