Loppa
Encyclopedia : L : LO : LOP : Loppa
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| County | Finnmark | |
| District | ||
| Municipality | ||
| Administrative centre | Øksfjord | |
| Mayor (2003) | Arne Dag Isaksen (Ap) | |
| Official language form | Bokmål | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage | 687 Square kilometre>km² 669 km² 0.21 % | |
| Population - Total (as of 2004>2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density | Ranked 386 1,294 0.03 % -16.5 % 2/km² | |
| Coordinates | ||
| [www.loppa.kommune.no] [Data from Statistics Norway] | ||
The municipality is the westernmost of Finnmark, and faces the open stretch of the Atlantic called Lopphavet, and is mostly coastal with fjords and islands under the gigantic snowcap of the Øksfjordjøkelen glacier.
Most people live in Øksfjord, but smaller communities are spread along the shores and islands, notably Sandland, Bergsfjord, Brynilen and the island of Loppa. This island was previously the centre of the municipality, hence the name. There is no airport, but Øksfjord is a port of call for the Hurtigruten.
| 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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