Varangerbotn

or is the administrative centre of Nesseby Municipality, Finnmark county, Norway. It is located at the innermost part of the large Varangerfjorden. The village is located at the intersection of the European route E6 and European route E75 highways. The villages of Karlebotn and Nesseby lie a short distance to the south and east (respectively) from Varangerbotn.

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Place details

Locality: Vuonnabahta - Varangerbotn
Region: Finnmark
Country: Norge
Population: 0
Timezone: Europe/Oslo

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Key facts

Settlement.settlement_type: Village
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: Varangerbotn
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: Øst-Finnmark
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name4: Nesseby

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References

The band The BlackSheeps and previous lead vocalist Agnete Johnsen comes from Varangerbotn. The Varanger Sami Museum is located in the village and it shows the cultural history of the Sami people in the Varanger region.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Varangerbotn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.