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Sør-Varanger Municipality

municipality in Finnmark, Norway
Organization municipality_of_norway Q48827
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Sør-Varanger Municipality

Summary

Sør-Varanger Municipality is a municipality of Norway[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of municipality_of_norway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (191 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sør-Varanger Municipality is located in Finnmark[3].
  • Sør-Varanger Municipality is in the country of Norway[4].
  • Sør-Varanger Municipality's head of government is recorded as Magnus Mæland[5].
  • Sør-Varanger Municipality's instance of is recorded as municipality of Norway[6].
  • Sør-Varanger Municipality's capital is recorded as Kirkenes[7].
  • Sør-Varanger Municipality's official language is recorded as Bokmål[8].
  • Sør-Varanger Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Nesseby Municipality[9].
  • Sør-Varanger Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Pechengsky District[10].
  • Sør-Varanger Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Inari[11].
  • Sør-Varanger Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Vadsø[12].
  • Sør-Varanger Municipality's main regulatory text is recorded as Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[13].
  • Sør-Varanger Municipality's twinned administrative body is recorded as Inari[14].
  • Sør-Varanger Municipality's twinned administrative body is recorded as Severomorsk[15].
  • Sør-Varanger Municipality's Commons category is recorded as Sør-Varanger[16].
  • Sør-Varanger Municipality's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[17].
  • 1858 marks the founding of Sør-Varanger Municipality[18].
  • Sør-Varanger Municipality's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 69.72861, 'lon': 30.04196}[19].
  • Sør-Varanger Municipality's separated from is recorded as Vadsø[20].
  • Sør-Varanger Municipality's official website is recorded as https://www.sor-varanger.kommune.no/[21].
  • Sør-Varanger Municipality's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sør-Varanger Municipality[22].
  • Sør-Varanger Municipality has a population of {'amount': '+10227'}[23].
  • Sør-Varanger Municipality has a population of {'amount': '+10158'}[24].
  • Sør-Varanger Municipality has a population of {'amount': '+10103'}[25].
  • Sør-Varanger Municipality has a population of {'amount': '+9925'}[26].
  • Sør-Varanger Municipality has a population of {'amount': '+9850'}[27].

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Founding

1858 marks the founding of Sør-Varanger Municipality[18].

Why It Matters

Sør-Varanger Municipality ranks in the top 9% of municipality_of_norway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (191 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Govdirectory Hurtigruten Kirkenes Norway

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . nrk.no. nrk.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . regjeringen.no. Retrieved . regjeringen.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . 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. 16d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → Nesseby Municipality, Pechengsky District, Inari +1
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 69.72861, 'lon': 30.04196}
    Country → —
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Sør-Varanger
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 226845, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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