Hasvik

Infobox_Kommune
name = Hasvik
idnumber = 2015
county = Finnmark
landscape =
capital = Hasvik
governor = Geir Adelsten Iversen (Sp)
governor_as_of = 2003
arearank = 192
area = 556
arealand = 535
areapercent = 0.17
population_as_of = 2008
populationrank = 403
population = 998
populationpercent = 0.02
populationdensity = 2
populationincrease = -18.9
demonym = Hasvikværing
language = Bokmål
lat_deg = 70 | lat_min = 35| lat_sec = 36| lon_deg = 22| lon_min = 25| lon_sec = 38
utm_zone = 34W | utm_northing = 7832679 | utm_easting = 0552927 | geo_cat = adm2nd




munwebpage = www.hasvik.kommune.no

Hasvik is a municipality in the county of Finnmark, Norway.

Hasvik was separated from Loppa January 1, 1858.

Hasvik is situated on the western side of Norway's fourth largest island (except Svalbard), Sørøya. Most people are to be found in a string of settlements along the west coast; Breivikbotn and Hasvik being the main ones.

Hasvik has an airport with regular connections to Tromsø and Hammerfest, and there is a two hour ferry crossing to Øksfjord, providing access by car.

The population is in steady decline, due to the problems within the fishing industry.

Outside off Sörväer lies the stranded Soviet cruiser "Murmansk", which ran aground on Christmas Eve in 1994 after her towlines snapped off North Cape. She was on her way to India to be scrapped at the time. Several attempts has been made to pull her free, but failed. She has now become something of a tourist attraction.

The name

The Norse form of the name was probably "Hásvík". The first element is then the genitive case of the mountain name "Hár" (now Håen), the last element is "vík" f 'inlet'. The actual mountain is compared in form with an old oarlock (Norse "hár" m).

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1984). It shows a seagull.

(See also the coat-of-arms of Smøla.)

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