page_title: Kvalsund
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Kvalsund / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Kvalsund Bridge photographed from the northern side.
context_page_description: Kvalsund is a former municipality in the old Finnmark county in Norway. The municipality is now part of Hammerfest Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county. The municipality existed from 1869 until its dissolution in 2020. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Kvalsund. Other villages in the municipality include Áisaroaivi, Kokelv, Oldernes, Oldervik, Revsneshamn, Skaidi.
  At the time of its dissolution on 1 January 2020, the 1,844-square-kilometre municipality was the 37th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Kvalsund was also the 392nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,027. The municipality's population density was 0.6 inhabitants per square kilometre and its population had decreased by 6.7% over the previous decade.
  The Kvalsund Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the Kvalsundet strait from the mainland to the island of Kvaløya.
  In 2015, the media said that for four years an application has been filed for establishing Norway's largest copper mine, depending on a permit for creating a zone in Repparfjorden for depositing waste from the mine.
context_section_description: The municipality is mostly located on the mainland, but parts of the municipality are also located on the islands of Kvaløya and Seiland.  The Seilandsjøkelen glacier is partially located in Kvalsund.  Lakes in the municipality include Bjørnstadvatnet and Doggejávri.
caption: View of the Kvalsund Bridge
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