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Loppa Municipality

municipality in Finnmark, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Finnmark
District: Vest-Finnmark
Established: 1 Jan 1838
Created as: Formannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centre: Øksfjord
Mayor 2023: Cato Kristiansen ( SV )
Total: 689.27 km (266.13 sq mi)
Land: 671.19 km (259.15 sq mi)
Water: 18.08 km (6.98 sq mi) 2.6%
Rank: # 167 in Norway
Highest elevation: 1,191 m (3,907 ft)
Density: 1.3/km (3.4/sq mi)
Change 10 years: −15.9%
Demonym: Loppværing
Norwegian form: Bokmål
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+02:00 ( CEST )

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Loppa (Northern Sami: Láhppi and Kven: Lappea) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Øksfjord. Other villages in Loppa include Andsnes, Bergsfjord, Langfjordhamn, Loppa, Nuvsvåg, Øksfjordbotn, Sandland, and Sør-Tverrfjord.

The 689-square-kilometre (266 sq mi) municipality is the 167th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Loppa is the 343rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 864. The municipality's population density is 1.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.4/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 15.9% over the previous 10-year period.