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.
Municipalities in FinnmarkKey600px Alta
 Berlevåg
 Båtsfjord
 Gamvik
 Hammerfest
 Hasvik
 Kárášjohka - Karasjok
 Guovdageaidnu - Kautokeino
 Kvalsund
 Lebesby
 Loppa
 Måsøy
 Unjárga - Nesseby
 Nordkapp
 Porsanger or Porsángu or Porsanki
 Sør-Varanger
 Deatnu - Tana
 Vadsø
 Vardø

 References 
 Footnotes 

 Freemit airtins 

 Stane age in Finnmark 
 Finnmark coonty admeenistration 
 Visitnorthcape.com - offeecial travel guide tae Finnmark 
 Finnmark at the offeecial travel guide to Norway


Category:Regions o the Airctic
Category:Umwhile coonties o Norawa
Category:Umwhile Norse colonies