Sør-Varanger Municipality

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municipality

Sør-Varanger Municipality is a large, sparsely populated municipality in Norway’s far northeast, bordering Russia and Finland and known for its Arctic landscapes and the town of Kirkenes.

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Label Occurrences
Sør-Varanger municipal council 2
Sør-Varanger Municipality canonical 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
administrativeCentre Kirkenes ⓘ
bordersCountry Finland ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
bordersMunicipality Inari, Finland ⓘ
surface form: Inari

Nesseby ⓘ
Pechengsky District NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tana ⓘ
containsProtectedArea Varangerhalvøya National Park ⓘ
surface form: Varangerhalvøya National Park (part)

Øvre Pasvik National Park ⓘ
surface form: Øvre Pasvik Landscape Protection Area

Øvre Pasvik National Park ⓘ
country Norway ⓘ
governedBy Sør-Varanger Municipality self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sør-Varanger municipal council
hasAirport Kirkenes Airport Høybuktmoen ⓘ
surface form: Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen
hasBorderCrossing Storskog border station ⓘ
hasBorderRiver Jakobselva ⓘ
Pasvikelva ⓘ
hasClimate subarctic climate ⓘ
hasCoatOfArms Sør-Varanger coat of arms ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Kven ⓘ
Norwegians ⓘ
Russian minority ⓘ
Sami ⓘ
hasFeature Arctic landscapes ⓘ
sparsely populated ⓘ
hasFjord Bøkfjorden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Varangerfjorden NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive ⓘ
surface form: World War II battles in Kirkenes area
hasIndustry border trade ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
mining ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasMinorityLanguage Kven ⓘ
North Sámi ⓘ
surface form: Northern Sami
hasOfficialLanguage Norwegian language ⓘ
surface form: Norwegian
hasPort Port of Kirkenes ⓘ
hasRailwayTerminus Kirkenes–Bjørnevatn Line ⓘ
hasTown Kirkenes ⓘ
hasVillage Bjørnevatn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bugøynes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grense Jakobselv ⓘ
Hesseng ⓘ
Jarfjord NERFINISHED ⓘ
Neiden ⓘ
Skogfoss ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Norway ⓘ
Troms og Finnmark ⓘ
surface form: Troms og Finnmark county
locatedInArctic true ⓘ
partOfRegion Øst-Finnmark NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Kirkenes → administrativeCentreOf → Sør-Varanger Municipality ⓘ
Sør-Varanger → governedBy → Sør-Varanger Municipality ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sør-Varanger municipal council
Sør-Varanger Municipality → governedBy → Sør-Varanger Municipality self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Sør-Varanger
this entity surface form: Sør-Varanger municipal council