Hasvik
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| County | Finnmark | |
| District | ||
| Municipality | ||
| Administrative centre | Hasvik | |
| Mayor (2003) | Geir Adelsten Iversen (Sp) | |
| Official language form | Bokmål | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage | 556 Square kilometre>km² 535 km² 0.17 % | |
| Population - Total (as of 2004>2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density | Ranked 398 1,095 0.02 % -18.9 % 2/km² | |
| Coordinates | ||
| [www.hasvik.kommune.no] [Data from Statistics Norway] | ||
Hasvik is situated on the western side of Norway's third island, Sørøya. Most people are to be found in a string of settlements along the west coast; Breivikbotn and Hasvik being the main ones.
Hasvik has an airport with regular connections to Tromsø and Hammerfest, and there is a two hour ferry crossing to Øksfjord, providing access by car.
The population is in steady decline, due to the problems within the fishing industry.
| Municipalities of Finnmark |
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| Alta | Berlevåg | Båtsfjord | Gamvik | Hammerfest | Hasvik | Karasjok | Kautokeino | Kvalsund | Lebesby | Loppa | Måsøy | Nesseby | Nordkapp | Porsanger | Sør-Varanger | Tana | Vadsø | Vardø | |
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