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Vadsø

municipality in Finnmark, Norway
Organization municipality_of_norway Q104379
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Summary

Vadsø is a municipality of Norway[1]. Vadsø draws 561 Wikipedia views per month (municipality of norway category, ranking #48 of 360).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Finnmark[3]
  • Country: Norway[4]
  • Head of government: Wenche Pedersen[5]
  • Capital: Vadsø[6]
  • Official language: Bokmål[7]
  • Shares border with: Båtsfjord Municipality[8], Vardø Municipality[9], Tana Municipality[10], Nesseby Municipality[11], Berlevåg Municipality[12], Sør-Varanger Municipality[13]
  • Main regulatory text: Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[14]
  • Twinned administrative body: Murmansk[15]
  • Commons category: Vadsø[16]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[17]
  • Inception: January 1, 1838[18]
  • Significant event: boundary change[19]
  • Official website: https://www.vadso.kommune.no/[20]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Vadsø Municipality[21]
  • Population: 6160[22], 5788[23], 5642[24], 5568[25], 5593[26], 5807[27], 5777[28], 5808[29]
  • Office held by head of government: mayor of Vadsø[30]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[31], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[32], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[33], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[34]
  • Category for people born here: Q18377335[35]
  • Number of households: 2738[36], 1853[37], 397[38], 254[39], 153[40], 81[41]
  • Demonym: vadsøværing[42]
  • Native label: Vadsø[43], Viârr[44], Vesisaari[45], Čáhcesuolu[46]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Vadsø[47]
  • Area: 1257.8470077835627 km²[48], 1962.9828828694333 km²[49], 705.1358750858706 km²[50], 1043.5303305000216 km²[51], 0 km²[52], 20.390529348047433 km²[53]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Vadsø include Vadsø Airport[54], an airport[55], in Norway[56].

Why It Matters

Vadsø has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] Vadsø is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]

Entities named for Vadsø include Vadsø Airport[54], an airport[55], in Norway[56].

Related Entities

Arsac-en-Velay Govdirectory Morten Gamst Pedersen Norway

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . vadso.kommune.no. vadso.kommune.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Q43474389. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . regjeringen.no. Retrieved . regjeringen.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: 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.
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  25. [27] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . sprakradet.no. Retrieved . sprakradet.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [55] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [56] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [57] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [58] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC+01:00
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  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people born here → Q18377335
    Official website → https://www.vadso.kommune.no/
    Website → —
    Population → {'amount': '+6160'}, {'amount': '+5788'}, {'amount': '+5642'} +5
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