Sør-Varanger Municipality
Sør-Varanger is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kirkenes. Other settlements in the municipality include the villages of Bjørnevatn, Bugøynes, Elvenes, Grense Jakobselv, Hesseng, Jakobsnes, Neiden, and Sandnes.
- Type: municipality of Norway with 10,200 residents
- Description: municipality in Finnmark, Norway
- Also known as: “conceyu de Sør-Varanger (Noruega)”, “Etelä-Varang”, “Kommunen Sør-Varanger”, “Lõuna-Varanger”, “Lõuna-Varangeri vald”, “Mátta-Várjjaga suohkan”, “Matta-Varjjat”, “Mátta-Várjjat suohkan”, “Saujj-Vaʹrjjel kåʹdd”, “Soer-Varanger”, “Sør - Varanger”, “Sor Varanger”, “Sor-varanger”, “Sor-Varanger”, “Sör-Varanger”, “Sør-Varanger”, “Sør-Varanger kommun”, “Sor-Varangeri vald”, “Sör-Varangeri vald”, “Sör-Varangers kommun”, “Sørvaranger”, “Syd-Varanger”, “Syd-Varanger kommune”, “Сер-Варангер”, “セル・ヴァランゲル”, and “南瓦朗格尔”
- Neighbors: Inari and Vadsø
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kirkenes Church and Monument to the Soviet Soldiers.
Kirkenes Church
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirkenes and Hesseng.
Kirkenes
Kirkenes is a town in the Finnmark region of Norway, far east near the Russian border, more or less in the end of mainland Norway. This is the last port for Hurtigruten and the end of Norway's main road E6, 2,500 km from Oslo and 3,120 km from Trelleborg.
Hesseng
Village
Hesseng is a village in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village lies about 5 kilometres south of the town of Kirkenes. The village of Hesseng lies at the intersection of the European route E105 and European route E6 highways. Hesseng is situated 5 km south of Sør-Varanger Municipality.
Sør-Varanger Municipality
- Location: Finnmark, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
69.7286° or 69° 43′ 43″ north
Longitude
30.0426° or 30° 2′ 34″ east
Population
10,200
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
9GXGP2HV+C3
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Waray—“Sør-Varanger Municipality” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Sør-Varanger”
- Arabic: “سور فارانغر”
- Armenian: “Սյոր-Վարանգեր”
- Asturian: “Sør-Varanger”
- Bashkir: “Сёр-Варангер”
- Basque: “Sør-Varanger”
- Bishnupriya: “সার-বারাঙের”
- Catalan: “Sør-Varanger”
- Cebuano: “Sør-Varanger”
- Chinese: “南瓦朗厄尔”
- Chinese: “南瓦朗厄爾”
- Danish: “Sør-Varanger Kommune”
- Danish: “Sør-Varanger”
- Dutch: “Sør-Varanger”
- Esperanto: “Sør-Varanger”
- Estonian: “Sør-Varangeri vald”
- Finnish: “Etelä-Varanki”
- French: “Sør-Varanger”
- German: “Gemeinde Sør-Varanger”
- German: “Sør-Varanger”
- Hebrew: “סור-ואראנגר”
- Inari Sami: “Maadâ-Vaarjâg”
- Indonesian: “Sør-Varanger”
- Irish: “Sør-Varanger”
- Italian: “Sør-Varanger”
- Japanese: “セル＝ヴァランゲル”
- Javanese: “Sør-Varanger”
- Korean: “소르 바랑에르”
- Korean: “쇠르바랑에르”
- Kven Finnish: “Etelä-Varankin kunta”
- Kven Finnish: “Etelä-Varenki”
- Latin: “Sør-Varanger”
- Limburgan: “Sør-Varanger”
- Lithuanian: “Soir Varangeris”
- Low German: “Kommun Sør-Varanger”
- Malay: “Sør-Varanger”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sør-Varanger”
- Moksha: “Сёр-Варангэр”
- Northern Sami: “Mátta-Várjjaga gielda”
- Northern Sami: “Mátta-Várjjat”
- Northern Sami: “Máttá-Várjjat”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sør-Varanger”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sør-Varanger kommune”
- Norwegian: “Sør-Varanger”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Sør-Varanger”
- Persian: “سور-وارانگر”
- Polish: “Sør-Varanger”
- Portuguese: “Sør-Varanger”
- Romanian: “Comuna Sør-Varanger”
- Romanian: “Sør-Varanger”
- Russian: “Сёр-Варангер”
- Skolt Sami: “Saujj-Vaʹrjjel”
- Slovenian: “Sør-Varanger”
- Spanish: “Sør-Varanger”
- Spanish: “Varanger del Sur”
- Swahili: “Sør-Varanger”
- Swedish: “Sør-Varangers kommun”
- Tatar: “Сөр-Варангер”
- Turkish: “Sør-Varanger”
- Ukrainian: “Сер-Варанґер”
- Urdu: “سور-وارانجر بلدیہ”
- Vietnamese: “Sør-Varanger”
- Waray (Philippines): “Sør-Varanger”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ytre Lid and Jakobsnes.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Haganes and Kirkenes Port.
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