Nesseby
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, and Nyelv. The European route E06 and European route E75 highways intersect at Varangerbotn in Nesseby.
Nesseby Municipality
Nesseby kommune Unjárgga gielda | |
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| Næsseby herred (historic name) | |
Abelsborg in Nesseby municipality | |
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Finnmark within Norway | |
Nesseby within Finnmark | |
| Coordinates: 70°10′24″N 28°33′13″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 | 1,436.95 km2 (554.81 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,365.04 km2 (527.04 sq mi) |
| • Water | 72.03 km2 (27.81 sq mi) 5% |
| • Rank | #62 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 864 |
| • Rank | #342 in Norway |
| • Density | 0.6/km2 (2/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −2% |
| 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 |
The 1,437-square-kilometre (555 sq mi) municipality is the 62nd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Nesseby is the 342nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 864. The municipality's population density is 0.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (1.6/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 2% over the previous 10-year period.