Loppa
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| Loppa kommune Láhpi suohkan Lappean komuuni |
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| Øksfjord village
Øksfjord village
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 Loppa within Finnmark |
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| Country | Norway | |
| County | Finnmark | |
| District | Vest-Finnmark | |
| Administrative centre | Øksfjord | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2007) | Jan-Eirik Jensen (Kp) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 687.30 km2 (265.37 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 669.35 km2 (258.44 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 17.95 km2 (6.93 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 162 in Norway | |
| Population (2014) | ||
| • Total | 1,027 ( from last year) |
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| • Rank | 401 in Norway | |
| • Density | 1.49/km2 (3.9/sq mi) | |
| • Change (10 years) | -20.6 % | |
| Demonym(s) | Loppværing[1] | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-2014 | |
| Official language form | Bokmål | |
| Website | www |
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Loppa (Northern Sami: Láhpi and Kven: Lappean) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Øksfjord. Other villages in Loppa include Andsnes, Bergsfjord, Langfjordhamn, Loppa, Nuvsvåg, Øksfjordbotn, Sandland, and Sør-Tverrfjord.
Most people live in the village of Øksfjord, but smaller communities are spread out along the shores and islands, notably Nuvsvåg, Sandland, Bergsfjord, Brynilen, and the island of Loppa. This island was previously the administrative centre of the municipality (hence the name). There is no airport, but Øksfjord is a port of call for the Hurtigruten boats.
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General information
The municipality of Loppa was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). In 1858, the northern part of Loppa on the island of Sørøya and most of Loppa on Stjernøya (population: 506) was separated to form the new municipality of Hasvik. This left Loppa with 801 residents. The borders of the municipality have not changed since that time.[2]
Name
The municipality is named after the island of Loppa (Old Norse: Loppa), since it was the former centre of the municipality and the first church (Loppa Church) was located there. The meaning of the name is uncertain. Historically, the name was spelled Loppen.[3][4]
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 19 December 1980. The arms show a great black cormorant on a gold background. The cormorant was chosen as a symbol since the municipality has several typical fishing villages which often attract cormorants.[5][6] <templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>
Churches
The Church of Norway has one parish (sokn) within the municipality of Loppa. It is part of the Alta deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland.
| Parish (sokn) | Name | Location | Year built |
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| Loppa | Bergsfjord Church | Bergsfjord | 1951 |
| Loppa Church | Loppa | 1953 | |
| Nuvsvåg Chapel | Nuvsvåg | 1961 | |
| Sandland Chapel | Sandland | 1971 | |
| Øksfjord Church | Øksfjord | 1954 |
Geography
Loppa is the westernmost municipality of Finnmark and it faces the open stretch of the Norwegian Sea called Lopphavet, and it is mostly coastal with fjords and islands under the gigantic snowcap of the Øksfjordjøkelen glacier. The municipality includes most of the peninsula between the Kvænangen and the Altafjorden. There are also several islands in the municipality, notably Loppa, Silda, and part of Stjernøya. The mountains Lopptinden and Svartfjellet both lie in the municipality along with the glaciers Langfjordjøkelen, Øksfjordjøkelen, and Svartfjelljøkelen.
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External links
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