Øksfjord
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, , or is the administrative centre of Loppa Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located on the east side of the Øksfjorden, just south of the mouth of the fjord. Øksfjord Church is located in the village. The village has one café and one pub, as of 2015. The village of Øksfjordbotn lies about to the southeast, near the border with Alta Municipality.
Key facts
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- Village
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- View of the village
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- yes
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- 11
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- village
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- Finnmark#Norway
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- top
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- Øksfjord
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- Country
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- Norway
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- Region
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- Northern Norway
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- County
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- Finnmark
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- District
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- Vest-Finnmark
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- Municipality
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, , or is the administrative centre of Loppa Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located on the east side of the Øksfjorden, just south of the mouth of the fjord. Øksfjord Church is located in the village. The village has one café and one pub, as of 2015. The village of Øksfjordbotn lies about to the southeast, near the border with Alta Municipality.
The village has a population (2023) of 504 and a population density of .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Øksfjord” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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