Jakobsnes
Jakobsnes, Leavanjargg, Lávvonjárga, or Jaakonniemi is a village in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. Its population in 2005 was 271.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kirkenes Church and Monument to the Soviet Soldiers.
Kirkenes Church
Church
Monument to the Soviet Soldiers
Monument
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 7 km southwest of Jakobsnes.
Bjørnevatn
Village
Bjørnevatn, Kuõbǯǯjäuʹrr, Guovžajávri, or Kruuvakylä is a village in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village lies about 8 kilometres south of the town of Kirkenes and about 3.8 kilometres west of the Norway-Russia border. Bjørnevatn is situated 9 km southwest of Jakobsnes.
Jakobsnes
- Type: Locality
- Description: settlement in Sør-Varanger municipality, Norway
- Categories: human settlement, urban area in Norway, and rural area
- Location: Sør-Varanger Municipality, Finnmark, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
69.72861° or 69° 43′ 43″ north
Longitude
30.12466° or 30° 7′ 29″ east
Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NO JAN
Open location code
9GXGP4HF+CV
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Urdu—“Jakobsnes” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Jakobsnes”
- Cebuano: “Jakobsnes”
- Danish: “Jakobsnes”
- Dutch: “Jakobsnes”
- Finnish: “Jaakonniemi”
- French: “Jakobsnes”
- German: “Jakobsnes”
- Irish: “Jakobsnes”
- Javanese: “Jakobsnes”
- Kven Finnish: “Jaakonniemi”
- Malay: “Jakobsnes”
- Northern Sami: “Lávvonjárga”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jakobsnes”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jakobsnes”
- Norwegian: “Jakobsnes”
- Russian: “Лявонарка”
- Russian: “Якобснес”
- Skolt Sami: “Leavanjargg”
- Urdu: “جکوبسنس”
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