Båtsfjord

Båtsfjord kommune

Administrative centre

Båtsfjord

Mayor (2003)

Geir Knutsen (Ap)

Official language form

Neutral

Area
- Total
- Land
- Percentage

Ranked 58
1,433 km²
1,415 km²
0.44 %

Population
- Total (2004)
- Percentage
- Change (10 years)
- Density

Ranked 319
2,290
0.05 %
-7.4 %
2/km²

Coordinates

70°29′ N 29°56′ E

www.batsfjord.kommune.no

Data from Statistics Norway

Båtsfjord is a municipality in the county of Finnmark, Norway.

The municipality is situated on the north-eastern coast of the peninsula of Varangerhalvøya. Previously, there were several villages along this barren coast, but today everyone lives in the town of Båtsfjord, with a sheltered situation at the end of the Båtsfjord inlet. There is a new, modern airstrip, and the hurtigruten calls at Båtsfjord.

The most interesting attraction is Hamningberg, an abandonded fishing village on the outer coast, with well-preserved 19th c. wooden houses, a unique example of old architecture in a county so devastated by World War II. Also interesting are the bird cliffs of Syltefjordstauran.

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