Vadsø
Municipality in Finnmark, Norway
Also known as Čáhcesuolu gielda · Vesisaaren komuuni
- Founded
- 1838
- Country
- Employees
- 940(October 13, 2026)
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Sources- 1.Stated in Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal EntitiesRetrieved 2026-10-24
- 940(October 13, 2026)
- Website
- vadso.kommune.no
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Sources- 1.Stated in Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal EntitiesRetrieved 2026-10-24
- vadso.kommune.no
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
118 statements · 58% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Located in
- Finnmark(since 2024)
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Sources- 1.“Nye fylkes- og kommunenummer fra 2024”regjeringen.no/no/tema/kommuner-og-regioner/kommunestruktur/nye-kommune-og-fylkesnummer-fra-1.-januar-2024/id2924701/?expand=factbox2924710Retrieved 2024-01-02
- Finnmark(until 2019)
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- Troms og Finnmark(2020–2023)
- Finnmark(since 2024)
- Head of government
- Wenche Pedersen(since 2019) member of political party: Norwegian Labour Party
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- Rolf Arne Hanssen(2014–2015)
- Hans-Jacob Bønå(2015–2019)
- Wenche Pedersen(since 2019) member of political party: Norwegian Labour Party
- Twinned administrative body
- Murmansk(since 1973)
- Population
- 5,808(January 1, 2026)
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Sources- 1.“Alders- og kjønnsfordeling i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1986 - 2026”ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/
- 5,777(January 1, 2025)
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Sources- 1.“Alders- og kjønnsfordeling i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1986 - 2025”ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/
- 5,807(January 1, 2024)
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Sources- 1.“Alders- og kjønnsfordeling i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1986 - 2024”ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/
- 5,593(January 1, 2023)
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Sources- 1.“07459: Alders- og kjønnsfordeling i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1986 - 2023”ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/
- 5,568(January 1, 2022)
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Sources- 1.“Alders- og kjønnsfordeling i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1986 - 2022”ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/
- 5,642(January 1, 2021)
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Sources- 1.“Alders- og kjønnsfordeling i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1986 - 2021”ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/
- 5,788(January 1, 2020)
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Sources- 1.“Alders- og kjønnsfordeling i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1986 - 2020”ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/
- 6,160(January 1, 2016)
- 5,808(January 1, 2026)
- Area
- 1,257.85 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: landmass, island
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- 1,962.98 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: whole · including: territorial sea
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- 1,043.29 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: open area
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- 0 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: snow, ice
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- 20.38 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: lake
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- 3.72 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: river, arroyo
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- 89.79 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: bog
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- 89.16 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: forest
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- 7.73 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: arable land
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- 2.49 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: urban agglomeration
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- 0.36 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: industrial zone
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- 0.93 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: other
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- 1,257.85 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: landmass, island
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 1,962.98 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: whole
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 705.1359 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: territorial sea
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 1,043.53 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: open area
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 0 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: snow, ice
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 20.3905 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: lake
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 3.7746 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: river, arroyo
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 89.8596 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: bog
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 89.3329 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: forest
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 7.2961 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: arable land
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 2.4673 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: urban agglomeration
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 0.3576 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: industrial zone
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 0.8381 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: other
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 1,257.85 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: landmass, island
- Demonym
- vadsøværing
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Sources- 1.sprakradet.no/sprakhjelp/Skriverad/navn-pa-steder-og-personer/Innbyggjarnamn/Retrieved 2018-03-11
- 2.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-18
- vadsøværing
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Sources- 1.sprakradet.no/sprakhjelp/Skriverad/navn-pa-steder-og-personer/Innbyggjarnamn/Retrieved 2018-03-11
- vadsøværing
- Official language
- Bokmål
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Sources- 1.Stated in Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal EntitiesRetrieved 2026-10-24
- Bokmål
- Language used
- Bokmål(October 1, 2015)
- Number of households
- 2,738(2018) applies to part: statistic sum
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- 1,853(2018) applies to part: single-family detached home
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- 397(2018) applies to part: semi-detached house
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- 254(2018) applies to part: terrace house
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- 153(2018) applies to part: apartment building
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- 81(2018) applies to part: statistic residue
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- 2,738(2018) applies to part: statistic sum
- Native label
- Vadsø
- Viârr
- Vesisaari
- Čáhcesuolu
- Vesisaari
- Significant event
- boundary change(January 1, 1964) gained territory from: Nord-Varanger
- boundary change(January 1, 1894) gave up territory to: Nord-Varanger
- boundary change(1864) gave up territory to: Nesseby Municipality
- boundary change(1858) gave up territory to: Sør-Varanger Municipality
- boundary change(1858) gained territory from: Q107635889
- boundary change(1839) gave up territory to: Q107635889
- Industry
- general public administration activities
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Sources- 1.Stated in Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal EntitiesRetrieved 2026-10-24
- general public administration activities
On other databases
35 identifiers linking Vadsø across the web's reference databases
- ArchINFORM location ID54643
- Ávvir topic IDcahcesuolu
- BabelNet ID01019747n
- Data Commons IDwikidataId/Q104379
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Vadso
- Freebase ID/m/0185j8
- GeoNames ID6453315
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID1048822
- GND ID4495840-7
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDvadso
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0471821
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDVadsø
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)3212637
- INaturalist place ID40105
- ISNI0000000406122578
- KulturNav-ID29157da5-c0c0-4cae-aa1c-af0f7b12006e
- Lex IDVadsø
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn81054203
- Lokalhistoriewiki.no article IDVadsø_kommune
- Museum-digital place ID29708
- MusicBrainz area ID5b4cc11a-cb66-49b2-b7c1-ea204b52cd99
- NE.se IDvadso
- NL CR AUT IDge1173801
- Norwegian municipality number2003
- Norwegian organisation number964993602
- OpenStreetMap relation ID406653
- Quora topic IDVadsø
- Ringgold ID87566
- SSR place name number24682
- VIAF cluster ID125497925
- Who's on First ID1159297387
- WikiKids IDVadsø
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJdWWcM9RgRMKpCkDwvrbd
- X (Twitter) usernameVadso
- YSO ID226885