Nordvågen is a small
fishing village
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in
Nordkapp Municipality in
Finnmark
Finnmark (; ; ; ; ) is a counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. By land, it borders Troms county to the west, Finland's Lapland (Finland), Lapland region to the south, and Russia's Murmansk Oblast to the east, and by water, the Norweg ...
county,
Norway
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. The village is located on the eastern coast of the island of
Magerøya about northeast of the town of
Honningsvåg
Honningsvåg is the northernmost cities and towns, northernmost city/town in mainland Norway. It is located in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county. Honningsvåg was declared a city in 1996, despite its small population. The town has a po ...
, along the
Porsangerfjorden. The abandoned village of
Kjelvik lies about northeast of Nordvågen. The village has a
fish processing
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plant.
The village has a population (2023) of 392 which gives the village a
population density
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of .
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Villages in Finnmark
Populated places of Arctic Norway
Magerøya
Nordkapp
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