- Kvalsund
Infobox_Kommune
name=Kvalsund
idnumber=2017
county=Finnmark
landscape=
capital=Kvalsund
governor=Ragnar Olsen (Ap)
governor_as_of=2003
arearank=37
area=1844
arealand=1739
areapercent=0.57
population_as_of=2004
populationrank=399
population=1,093
populationpercent=0.02
populationdensity=1
populationincrease=-14.7
language=Bokmål
lat_deg=70| lat_min=29| lat_sec=56.3| lon_deg=23| lon_min=58| lon_sec=26.2
utm_zone=34W| utm_northing=7824230 |utm_easting=0610762| geo_cat=adm2ndmunwebpage=www.kvalsund.kommune.no
Kvalsund (
Kven language ; "Valasnuora") is a municipality in the county ofFinnmark ,Norway . TheKvalsund Bridge (Kvalsundbrua) is asuspension bridge that crossesKvalsundet from the mainland to Kvaløya inFinnmark county inNorway .Kvalsund was separated from
Sørøysund July 1, 1869.As of 2004 its mayor is Ragnar Olsen, who represents the
Norwegian Labour Party .The name
The Norse form of the name was "Hvalsund". The first element is "hvalr" '
whale ', the last element is "sund" n 'strait, sound'.Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1987). It shows three
salmon s.Birdlife
The municipality of Kvalsund has several localities that have a rich and varied bird fauna. One of these is Repparfjordbotn with its large colony of
Arctic Tern s and its autumn numbers ofGoosander .
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