- Loppa
Infobox_Kommune
name=Loppa
idnumber=2014
county=Finnmark
landscape=
capital=Øksfjord
governor=Arne Dag Isaksen (Ap)
governor_as_of=2003
arearank=162
area=687
arealand=669
areapercent=0.21
population_as_of=2004
populationrank=386
population=1,294
populationpercent=0.03
populationdensity=2
populationincrease=-16.5
language=Bokmål
lat_deg=70| lat_min=19| lat_sec=56| lon_deg=21| lon_min=44| lon_sec=21
utm_zone=34W| utm_northing=7803114 |utm_easting=0527772| geo_cat=adm2nd
munwebpage=www.loppa.kommune.no
Loppa is a municipality in the county of Finnmark,
Norway .Loppa was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see
formannskapsdistrikt ).Hasvik was separated from Loppa 1858.The municipality is the westernmost of
Finnmark , and faces the open stretch of the Atlantic called Lopphavet, and is mostly coastal with fjords and islands under the gigantic snowcap of theØksfjordjøkelen glacier.Most people live in
Øksfjord , but smaller communities are spread along the shores and islands, notablyNuvsvåg ,Sandland ,Bergsfjord , Brynilen and the island of Loppa. This island was previously the centre of the municipality, hence the name. There is no airport, but Øksfjord is a port of call for theHurtigruten .Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1980). It shows a
cormorant .(See also the coat-of-arms of
Røst andSkjervøy .)
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