Loppa

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Loppa kommune
County Finnmark
District
Municipality NO-2014
Administrative centre Øksfjord
Mayor (2003) Arne Dag Isaksen (Ap)
Official language form Bokmål
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Percentage
Ranked 162
687 km²
669 km²
0.21 %
Population
 - Total (2004)
 - Percentage
 - Change (10 years)
 - Density
Ranked 386
1,294
0.03 %
-16.5 %
2/km²
Coordinates 70°19′N 21°44′E
www.loppa.kommune.no

Data from Statistics Norway

Coordinates: 70°19′N 21°44′E

Loppa is a municipality in the county of Finnmark, 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.

[edit] Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1980). It shows a cormorant.


Municipalities of Finnmark Finnmark coat of arms

Alta | Berlevåg | Båtsfjord | Gamvik | Hammerfest | Hasvik | Karasjok | Kautokeino | Kvalsund | Lebesby | Loppa | Måsøy | Nesseby | Nordkapp | Porsanger | Sør-Varanger | Tana | Vadsø | Vardø