| Loppa kommune | |||
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| — Municipality — | |||
| Øksfjord village | |||
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| Loppa within Finnmark | |||
| Coordinates: | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Finnmark | ||
| Administrative centre | Øksfjord | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2003) | Arne Dag Isaksen (Ap) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 687 km2 (265.3 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 669 km2 (258.3 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 162 in Norway | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| • Total | 1,294 | ||
| • Rank | 386 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 2/km2 (5.2/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -16.5 % | ||
| Demonym | Loppværing[1] | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-2014 | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Website | www.loppa.kommune.no | ||
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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. Loppa was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Hasvik was separated from Loppa in 1858.
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 Nuvsvåg, 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 boats.
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 village is a typical fishing village, which attracts cormorants.[2][3]
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