Kautokeino

Kautokeino is a town and municipality in , northern . It is situated on Finnmarksvidda, the inland plateau. The municipality has a 90% Sámi majority.
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  • Type: municipality of Norway with 2,880 residents
  • Description: municipality in Finnmark, Norway
  • Also known as: 5430”, “Guovdageaidnu”, “Kautokeino Municipality”, and “Koutokeino
  • Neighbors: , , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kautokeino Church and Kautokeino Airfield.

Church
Photo: 3s, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a of the Church of Norway in Kautokeino Municipality in county, . It is located in the .

Aerodrome
is a general aviation aerodrome located in the village of in Kautokeino Municipality in county, . It consists of a 1,200-meter gravel runway, built by the Luftwaffe during World War II.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kautokeino.

Village
is the administrative centre of Municipality in county, . The village is located along the river Kautokeinoelva, about 60 kilometres south of the village of and about 40 kilometres north of the Finland–Norway border.

Kautokeino

Latitude
69.0115° or 69° 0′ 41″ north
Longitude
23.0415° or 23° 2′ 29″ east
Population
2,880
Elevation
319 metres (1,047 feet)
Open location code
9GX5226R+JJ
Geo­Names ID
779327
Wiki­data ID
Q6459
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Frisian—“Kautokeino” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Kautokeino
  • Arabic: كاوتوكاينو
  • Armenian: Կյոտուկեյն
  • Asturian: conceyu de Kautokeino (Noruega)
  • Asturian: Kautokeino kommune
  • Asturian: Kautokeino
  • Basque: Kautokeino
  • Bishnupriya: গুওভডাগেইডনু কৌটকেইনো
  • Bosnian: Kautokeino
  • Catalan: Kautokeino
  • Cebuano: Kautokeino (munisipyo)
  • Cebuano: Kautokeino
  • Chinese: Kautokeino
  • Chinese: 凱于圖凱努
  • Czech: Kautokeino
  • Danish: Kautokeino Kommune
  • Danish: Kautokeino
  • Dutch: Kautokeino
  • Esperanto: Kautokeino
  • Estonian: Guovdageaidnu vald
  • Faroese: Kautokeino kommuna
  • Finnish: Guovdageaidnu
  • Finnish: Kautokeino
  • Finnish: Koutokeino
  • French: Kautokeino
  • German: Gemeinde Kautokeino
  • German: Guovdageaidnu
  • German: Kautokeino
  • Hebrew: קאוטוקיינו
  • Hungarian: Kautokeino
  • Icelandic: Guovdageaidnu
  • Inari Sami: Kuovdâkiäinu kieldâ
  • Inari Sami: Kuovdâkiäinu
  • Irish: Kautokeino
  • Italian: Guovdageaidnu-Kautokeino
  • Italian: Guovdageaidnu
  • Italian: Kautokeino
  • Japanese: カウトケイノ
  • Javanese: Kautokeino
  • Kalaallisut: Guovdageaidnu
  • Komi: Гуовдагеайдну
  • Korean: 카우토케이노
  • Latin: Kautokeino
  • Limburgan: Kautokeino
  • Low German: Kommun Kautokeino
  • Malay: Kautokeino
  • Min Nan Chinese: Kautokeino
  • Northern Sami: Guovdageaidnu
  • Northern Sami: Guovdageainnu suohkan
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Guovdageaidnu
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kautokeino kommune
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kautokeino
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kautokeino kommune
  • Norwegian: Kautokeino
  • Occitan (post 1500): Kautokeino
  • Persian: کاتوکینو
  • Polish: Guovdageaidnu Kautokeino
  • Polish: Kautokeino
  • Portuguese: Kautokeino
  • Romanian: Comuna Kautokeino
  • Romanian: Kautokeino
  • Russian: Каутокейно
  • Russian: Кёутукейну
  • Slovenian: Guovdageaidnu
  • Spanish: Kautokeino
  • Swahili: Guovdageaidnu
  • Swahili: Kautokeino
  • Swedish: Kautokeino kommun
  • Turkish: Kautokeino
  • Ukrainian: Каутокейно
  • Ukrainian: комуна Каутокейно
  • Veps: Kautokeino
  • Vietnamese: Kautokeino
  • Waray (Philippines): Kautokeino
  • Western Frisian: Guovdageaidnu

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Kautokeino”. Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 4.0.