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Gamvik

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(Gáŋgaviika) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. [1]

67 relations: Administrative centre, Øst-Finnmark District Court, Berlevåg, Bird, Bird observatory, Birdwatching, Cape Nordkinn, Church of Norway, Coat of arms, Counties of Norway, Cove, Deanery, Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland, Economic development, Europe, Finnkongkeila, Finnmark, Fishing net, Gamvik (village), Gamvik Church, Hålogaland Court of Appeal, Health care, Hop Church, Hurtigruten, Kunnskapsforlaget, Labour Party (Norway), Langfjordbotn, Alta, Lebesby, Lighthouse, List of churches in Finnmark, List of municipalities of Norway, Magerøya, Mayor, Mehamn, Mehamn Airport, Mehamn Chapel, Municipal council, Nature reserve, Nervei, Nordkinnhalvøya, North Cape (Norway), Norway, NRK, Old age, Old Norse, Political party, Population density, Primary education, Ragnhild Vassvik Kalstad, Road, ..., Sami people, Sewing needle, Skjånes, Slettnes Lighthouse, Social work, Socialist Left Party (Norway), SOSUS, Statistics Norway, Store norske leksikon, Tana, Norway, Tanafjord, Tor Henriksen, Torgeir Vassvik, Trail, Unemployment, Widerøe, Zoning. Expand index (17 more) »

Administrative centre

An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.

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Øst-Finnmark District Court

Øst-Finnmark District Court (Øst-Finnmark tingrett) is a district court located in the town of Vadsø in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Berlevåg

(Bearalváhki) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Bird

Birds, also known as Aves, are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.

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Bird observatory

A bird observatory is a centre for the study of bird migration and bird populations.

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Birdwatching

Birdwatching, or birding, is a form of wildlife observation in which the observation of birds is a recreational activity or citizen science.

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Cape Nordkinn

Cape Nordkinn (Kinnarodden or Nordkyn) at is the northernmost point on the Nordkinn Peninsula in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Church of Norway

The Church of Norway (Den norske kirke in Bokmål and Den norske kyrkja in Nynorsk) is a Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity that serves as the people's church of Norway, as set forth in the Constitution of Norway.

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Coat of arms

A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard.

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Counties of Norway

Norway is divided into 18 administrative regions, called counties (singular fylke, plural fylker (Bokmål) / fylke (Nynorsk) from Old Norse: fylki from the word "folk"); until 1918, they were known as amter.

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Cove

A cove is a small type of bay or coastal inlet.

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Deanery

A deanery (or decanate) is an ecclesiastical entity in the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, the Evangelical Church in Germany, and the Church of Norway.

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Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland

Nord-Hålogaland (Nord-Hålogaland bispedømme) is a diocese in the Church of Norway.

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Economic development

economic development wikipedia Economic development is the process by which a nation improves the economic, political, and social well-being of its people.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Finnkongkeila

Finnkongkeila is an abandoned fishing village in Gamvik Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Finnmark

Finnmark (italic; Finnmark; Фи́ннмарк, Fínnmark) is a county ("fylke") in the extreme northeastern part of Norway.

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Fishing net

A fishing net is a net used for fishing.

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Gamvik (village)

Gamvik is a fishing village in Gamvik Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Gamvik Church

Gamvik Church (Gamvik kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Gamvik Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Hålogaland Court of Appeal

The Hålogaland Court of Appeal (Hålogaland lagmannsrett) is one of six courts of appeal in the Kingdom of Norway.

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Health care

Health care or healthcare is the maintenance or improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in human beings.

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Hop Church

Hop Church (Hop kirke) is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Gamvik Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Hurtigruten

Hurtigruten ("Express Route", also known as the Norwegian Coastal Express) is a Norwegian cruise, ferry and cargo operator.

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Kunnskapsforlaget

Kunnskapsforlaget is a Norwegian publishing company based in Oslo that concentrates on encyclopedias, encyclopedic books, textbooks, and dictionaries.

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Labour Party (Norway)

The Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet, A/Ap), formerly the Norwegian Labour Party, is a social-democratic political party in Norway.

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Langfjordbotn, Alta

Langfjordbotn (Lákkovuonbahta) is a village in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Lebesby

Lebesby (Davvesiida and Lebespyy) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Lighthouse

A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.

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List of churches in Finnmark

This list of churches in Finnmark is a list of the Church of Norway churches in Finnmark county, Norway.

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List of municipalities of Norway

Norway is divided into 18 administrative regions, called counties (fylker in Norwegian, singular: fylke), and 422 municipalities (kommuner/-ar, singular: kommune – cf. communes).

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Magerøya

Magerøya (Máhkarávju) is a large island in Finnmark county, in the extreme northern part of Norway.

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Mayor

In many countries, a mayor (from the Latin maior, meaning "bigger") is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.

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Mehamn

Mehamn (Donjevuotna; Meehamina) is the administrative centre of Gamvik Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Mehamn Airport

Mehamn Airport (Norwegian: Mehamn lufthavn) is a regional airport serving the village of Mehamn in Gamvik Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Mehamn Chapel

Mehamn Chapel (Mehamn kapell) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Gamvik Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Municipal council

A municipal council is the local government of a municipality such as city councils and town councils.

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Nature reserve

A nature reserve (also called a natural reserve, bioreserve, (natural/nature) preserve, or (national/nature) conserve) is a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research.

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Nervei

Nervei (Njereveadji) is a small Sami village in the Gamvik Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Nordkinnhalvøya

Nordkinnhalvøya (Nordkinn Peninsula; Čorgašnjárga) is a peninsula in Finnmark county, Norway.

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North Cape (Norway)

North Cape (Nordkapp; Davvenjárga) is a cape on the northern coast of the island of Magerøya in Northern Norway.

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Norway

Norway (Norwegian: (Bokmål) or (Nynorsk); Norga), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a unitary sovereign state whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard.

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NRK

NRK (an abbreviation of the Norwegian: Norsk rikskringkasting AS, generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and the largest media organisation in Norway.

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Old age

Old age refers to ages nearing or surpassing the life expectancy of human beings, and is thus the end of the human life cycle.

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Old Norse

Old Norse was a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements from about the 9th to the 13th century.

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Political party

A political party is an organised group of people, often with common views, who come together to contest elections and hold power in government.

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Population density

Population density (in agriculture: standing stock and standing crop) is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume; it is a quantity of type number density.

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Primary education

Primary education and elementary education is typically the first stage of formal education, coming after preschool and before secondary education (The first two grades of primary school, Grades 1 and 2, are also part of early childhood education).

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Ragnhild Vassvik Kalstad

Ragnhild Vassvik Kalstad (born 21 June 1966 in Gamvik) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

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Road

A road is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land between two places that has been paved or otherwise improved to allow travel by foot or some form of conveyance, including a motor vehicle, cart, bicycle, or horse.

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Sami people

The Sami people (also known as the Sámi or the Saami) are a Finno-Ugric people inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses large parts of Norway and Sweden, northern parts of Finland, and the Murmansk Oblast of Russia.

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Sewing needle

A sewing needle for hand-sewing is a long slender tool with a pointed tip at one end and a hole or eye at the other.

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Skjånes

Skjånes (Skeavvonjárga) is a small village in Gamvik Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Slettnes Lighthouse

Slettnes Lighthouse (Slettnes fyr) is the northernmost lighthouse on the European mainland.

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Social work

Social work is an academic discipline and profession that concerns itself with individuals, families, groups and communities in an effort to enhance social functioning and overall well-being.

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Socialist Left Party (Norway)

The Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti, Sosialistalas Gurutbellodat) or SV, is a democratic socialist political party in Norway.

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SOSUS

SOSUS, an acronym for sound surveillance system, is a chain of underwater listening posts located around the world in places such as the Atlantic Ocean near Greenland, Iceland and the United Kingdom—the GIUK gap—and at various locations in the Pacific Ocean.

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Statistics Norway

Statistics Norway (Statistisk sentralbyrå, abbreviated to SSB) is the Norwegian statistics bureau.

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Store norske leksikon

Store norske leksikon, abbreviated SNL, is a Norwegian language (bokmål) encyclopedia.

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Tana, Norway

or is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Tanafjord

The Tanafjord or Tanafjorden (Deanuvuotna) is a large fjord in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Tor Henriksen

Tor Henriksen (16 May 1933 – 1 November 2017) was a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party.

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Torgeir Vassvik

Torgeir Vassvik (born 3 October 1962 in Gamvik, Sápmi) is a Norwegian Sami musician and composer.

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Trail

A trail is usually a path, track or unpaved lane or road.

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Unemployment

Unemployment is the situation of actively looking for employment but not being currently employed.

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Widerøe

Widerøe's Flyveselskap AS, trading as Widerøe, is the largest regional airline operating in the Nordic countries.

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Zoning

Zoning is the process of dividing land in a municipality into zones (e.g. residential, industrial) in which certain land uses are permitted or prohibited.

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Coat of arms of Gamvik, Gamvik Municipality.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamvik

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