| Lebesby kommune | |||
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| Lebesby within Finnmark | |||
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| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Finnmark | ||
| District | Nordkyn | ||
| Administrative centre | Kjøllefjord | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2004) | Harald Larssen (Ap) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 3,458 km2 (1,335.1 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 3,235 km2 (1,249 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 8 in Norway | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| • Total | 1,473 | ||
| • Rank | 371 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 0.4/km2 (1/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -7.8 % | ||
| Demonym | Lebesbyværing[1] | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-2022 | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Website | www.lebesby.kommune.no | ||
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Lebesby (Northern Sami: Davvesiidda and Kven: Lebespyyn) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kjøllefjord. Lebesby is also the name of a village in the municipality.
Lebesby was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The areas of Tana, Berlevåg, and Polmak were transferred from Lebesby to the municipality of Nesseby in 1846. Gamvik was transferred from Lebesby to Tana in 1864.
The municipality consists of the western half of the Nordkinn Peninsula, along with areas around the Laksefjord. Most people live in Kjøllefjord. This municipality is dominated by ethnic Norwegians, whereas the areas around the Laksefjord are predominantly Sami. Fishing is the mainstay of the population.
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Lebesby is probably a Norwegianized form of a Sámi name Leaibbessiida. The first element is then derived from leaibi which means "alder" and the last element is siida which means "dwelling place" (Norwegian: by).
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 22 July 1988. The arms are divided yellow over black by two embattlements. The idea is that the arms represent a cliff by the sea in the municipality, Finnkirka, ("the Finn Church"). This cliff formation has the appearance of a church, and in former times was used by Sami people as a place of sacrifice.[2]
At the entrance to the Kjøllefjord, one finds the spectacular seacliff of Finnkirka, so named because of its soaring spires. The cape of Kinnarodden (shared with the municipality of Gamvik) is the northernmost point on the European mainland.
The same seacliffs mentioned above hold large numbers of breeding seabirds. In fact Norway's third largest seabird colony can be found in the municipality. Experiencing a seabird colony is one of nature's great experiences, here you can see and listen to thousands of birds with such species as Fulmar and Atlantic Puffin being a part of a fascinating ecosystem.
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