Sør-Varanger

E424499
municipality

Sør-Varanger is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county in far northeastern Norway, bordering Russia and Finland and known for its main town, Kirkenes.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sør-Varanger canonical 3
Sør-Varanger–Vardø region of Finnmark 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
borders Finland ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
country Norway ⓘ
governedBy Sør-Varanger Municipality ⓘ
surface form: Sør-Varanger municipal council
hasAdministrativeCentre Kirkenes ⓘ
hasBorder Norway–Finland border ⓘ
Norway–Russia border ⓘ
hasBorderCrossingWith Finland ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
hasBorderStation Storskog border crossing ⓘ
hasClimate subarctic climate ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Barents Sea ⓘ
surface form: Barents Sea (via Varangerfjord region)
hasEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
mining ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Kven people ⓘ
Norwegians ⓘ
Sami ⓘ
hasFunction border municipality ⓘ
hasGeographicalFeature Pasvik Valley ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent World War II battles in Kirkenes region ⓘ
hasIndustry iron ore mining (historically in Kirkenes) ⓘ
hasMainSettlement Kirkenes ⓘ
hasMinorityLanguage Kven ⓘ
Sami ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Norwegian ⓘ
hasPort Port of Kirkenes ⓘ
hasPostalCodePrefix 9900-series (Kirkenes area) ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Øvre Pasvik National Park ⓘ
surface form: Øvre Pasvik Landscape Protection Area

Øvre Pasvik National Park ⓘ
hasRegion Finnmarken traditional district ⓘ
hasRiver Pasvikelva ⓘ
hasTown Kirkenes ⓘ
hasTransportInfrastructure Kirkenes Airport Høybuktmoen ⓘ
surface form: Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen
locatedIn Northern Norway ⓘ
Troms og Finnmark ⓘ
surface form: Norwegian county of Troms og Finnmark

Troms og Finnmark ⓘ
surface form: Troms og Finnmark county

far northeastern Norway ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
locatedNear Barents Sea ⓘ
locatedOn Barents region ⓘ
surface form: Barents Sea region
partOf Sápmi ⓘ
subdivisionType municipality of Norway ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kirkenes → locatedIn → Sør-Varanger ⓘ
Vardø → isPartOf → Sør-Varanger ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sør-Varanger–Vardø region of Finnmark
Kirkenes Airport Høybuktmoen → serves → Sør-Varanger ⓘ
Snowhotel Kirkenes → locatedIn → Sør-Varanger ⓘ