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Rypefjord

Rypefjord is a village in Hammerfest Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located just south of the town of Hammerfest on the western side of the large island of Kvaløya. Rypefjord was the main population centre of the former municipality of Sørøysund, which existed from 1852 until its dissolution in 1992. Fjordtun primary school is located in Rypefjord.

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Settlement.official_name: Rypefjord
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Rypefjord8 (1).jpg
Settlement.image_caption: View of the village
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.mapframe zoom: 11
Settlement.mapframe marker: village
Settlement.pushpin_map: Finnmark#Norway
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Norway
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Northern Norway
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Finnmark
Settlement.subdivision_type3: District
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Vest-Finnmark
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Municipality

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Today, Rypefjord is considered a suburb of the town of Hammerfest. The village has a population (2023) of 1,802 which gives the village a population density of .