Kvalsund
Kvalsund or Ráhkkerávju is a village in Hammerfest Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It was formerly the administrative centre of the old Kvalsund Municipality which existed until 2020 when it merged with Hammerfest Municipality.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 328 residents
- Description: administrative center of Kvalsund, Norway
- Also known as: “Kvalsund - Ráhkkerávju”, “Kvalsund village”, and “Kvalsund, Hammerfest”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kvalsund Church and Kvalsund Bridge.
Kvalsund Church
Church
Photo: Bohuslen, CC BY-SA 3.0 no.
Kvalsund Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hammerfest Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kvalsund.
Kvalsund Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Kvalsund Bridge is a suspension bridge in Hammerfest Municipality, Finnmark county, Norway. The bridge connects the mainland and the island of Kvaløya across the Kvalsundet strait.
Kvalsund
- Categories: urban area in Norway and locality
- Location: Hammerfest, Finnmark, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
70.50282° or 70° 30′ 10″ northLongitude
23.97939° or 23° 58′ 46″ eastPopulation
328Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)United Nations Location Code
NO KVSOpen location code
CG25GX3H+4QOpenStreetMap ID
node 6203030883OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bishnupriya to Swedish—“Kvalsund” goes by many names.
- Bishnupriya: “কভালসুন্ড”
- Chinese: “克瓦尔松”
- Chinese: “克瓦爾松”
- Danish: “Kvalsund”
- Dutch: “Kvalsund”
- Estonian: “Kvalsund”
- Estonian: “Kvalsundi vald”
- Estonian: “Ráhkkerávju”
- French: “Kvalsund”
- Japanese: “クバルスンド村”
- Javanese: “Kvalsund”
- Low German: “Kommun Kvalsund”
- Malay: “Kvalsund”
- Northern Sami: “Fálesnuorri”
- Northern Sami: “Ráhkkerávju”
- Northern Sami: “Rakkeravjo”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kvalsund”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kvalsund i Hammerfest”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kvalsund i Kvalsund”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kvalsund”
- Norwegian: “Kvalsund”
- Russian: “Квалсунн”
- Swedish: “Kvalsund, Finnmark”
- Swedish: “Kvalsund”
- Swedish: “Kvalsunds kommun”
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