Hasvik

This article is about the municipality in Finnmark, Norway. For the village with the same name, see Hasvik (village).
Hasvik kommune
Ákŋoluovtta gielda
Hasviikan komuuni
Municipality

Coat of arms
Finnmark within
Norway

Hasvik within Finnmark
Coordinates: 70°35′30″N 22°18′10″E / 70.59167°N 22.30278°E / 70.59167; 22.30278Coordinates: 70°35′30″N 22°18′10″E / 70.59167°N 22.30278°E / 70.59167; 22.30278
Country Norway
County Finnmark
Administrative centre Breivikbotn
Government
 • Mayor (2007) Eva Danielsen Husby (Ap)
Area
 • Total 555.96 km2 (214.66 sq mi)
 • Land 534.46 km2 (206.36 sq mi)
 • Water 21.50 km2 (8.30 sq mi)
Area rank 192 in Norway
Population (2014)
 • Total 1,037 (Increase from last year)
 • Rank 398 in Norway
 • Density 1.9/km2 (5/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years) -5.3 %
Demonym(s) Hasvikværing[1]
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code NO-2015
Official language form Bokmål
Website www.hasvik.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Hasvik (Northern Sami: Ákŋoluovtta gielda; Kven: Hasviikan komuuni) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Breivikbotn. Other villages in the municipality include Breivik, Hasvik, and Sørvær. The population of Hasvik has been in steady decline due to problems within the fishing industry.

Hasvik Airport is served with regular connections to Tromsø and Hammerfest, and there is a two-hour ferry crossing to Øksfjord, providing access by car.

In the sea off the village of Sørvær lied the stranded Soviet cruiser Murmansk, which ran aground on Christmas Eve in 1994 after her towlines snapped off North Cape. She was on her way to India to be scrapped at the time. Due to environmental and logistical concerns, it had to be removed piece by piece. Scandinavia’s largest demolition contractor, AF Decom, constructed a massive breakwater and dry dock around Murmansk to access the shipwreck from land and demolish it where it rested. The dock around the wreck was sealed in April 2012.[2] By mid-May the dock was almost empty of water and the demolishing of the cruiser began. The project was completed in 2013.[3]

General information

Map of Hasvik

The municipality of Hasvik was established in 1858 when the northern part of Loppa was separated to form this new municipality. The initial population was 506. The borders of the municipality have not changed since that time.[4]

Name

The Old Norse form of the name was probably Hásvík. The first element is then the genitive case of the mountain name Hár (now Håen) and the last element is vík which means "cove" or "wick". The actual name of the mountain is compared in form with an old oarlock (Old Norse: hár).[5]

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 13 July 1984. The arms show a white seagull on a blue background, which was chosen by the municipality as a symbol for the local fishing and fish processing industry, that attracts many seagulls.[6][7]

See also: coat-of-arms of Smøla

Churches

The Church of Norway has one parish (sokn) within the municipality of Hasvik. It is part of the Alta deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland.

Churches in Hasvik
Parish (Sokn)Church NameLocation of the ChurchYear Built
HasvikBreivikbotn ChapelBreivikbotn1959
Dønnesfjord ChurchDønnesfjord1888
Hasvik ChurchHasvik1955
Sørvær ChapelSørvær1968

Geography

The municipality of Hasvik is situated on the western side of Sørøya, Norway's fourth largest island (other than Svalbard). Most people in Hasvik are to be found in a string of settlements along the western coast: the three largest being Breivikbotn, Sørvær, and Hasvik. The very sparsely populated northern part of the island of Stjernøya, including the Sørfjorden area is also part of Hasvik. Stjernøya has no road or ferry connections.

References

  1. ↑ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  2. ↑ Barentsobserver "Murmansk" demolition in final phase, 16 May 2012
  3. ↑ AF Gruppen information
  4. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  5. ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1924). Norske gaardnavne: Finmarkens amt (in Norwegian) (18 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 115 & 117.
  6. ↑ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 2008-12-10.
  7. ↑ "Kommunevåpen". Flags of the World. 30 April 2002. Retrieved 2008-12-10. External link in |publisher= (help)

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