Finnmark or Finnmárku (Northern Sami) is a coonty in the extreme northeast o Norawa. Bi land it borders Troms coonty tae the wast, Finland (Lapland) te the sooth an Roushie (Murmansk Oblast) tae the east, an bi water, the Norse Sea (Atlantic Ocean) tae the northwest, an the Barents Sea (Airctic Ocean) tae the north an northeast.
The coonty wis umwhile kent as Finmarkens amt or Vardøhus amt, an syne 2002, haes haed twa offeecial names: Finnmark (Norse) an Finnmárku (Sami). It is pairt o the Sápmi region, which spans fower kintras, as well as the Barents Region, an is the lairgest an least populatit coonty o Norawa.
Situatit at the northmaist pairt o continental Europe, whaur Norawa swings eastward, Finnmark haes aaways been an aurie whaur east meets wast, in cultur as well as in natur an geography. Vardø, the eastmaist municipality in the kintra, is locatit farther east than Saunt Petersburg an Istanbul.
Admeenistration an economy
Municipalities
Currently, there are 19 municipalities in Finnmark.
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Freemit airtins
- Stane age in FinnmarkArchived 2009-12-14 at the Wayback Machine
- Finnmark coonty admeenistration Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Visitnorthcape.com - offeecial travel guide tae Finnmark Archived 2008-04-06 at the Wayback Machine
- Finnmark at the offeecial travel guide to Norway
