Repvåg
Repvåg (Northern Sami: Reiffváhki) is a small fishing village in Nordkapp Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located along the western shore of the Porsangerfjorden on the mainland Porsanger Peninsula.
Repvåg
Reiffváhki | |
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Village | |
 View of the village | |
  Repvåg Location in Finnmark  Repvåg Repvåg (Norway) | |
| Coordinates: 70°44′48″N 25°40′19″E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Northern Norway |
| County | Troms og Finnmark |
| District | Vest-Finnmark |
| Municipality | Nordkapp |
| Elevation | 3 m (10 ft) |
| Population | 14 |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Post Code | 9768 Repvåg |
The fishing village now has about 14 residents, but historically, it was one of the main ports and trading places in Finnmark county, especially during the Pomor trade with Russia which existed until the 1917 revolution in Russia. Repvåg Chapel is located in the village, serving the people in the southern part of Nordkapp municipality.[2]
Slightly outside of Repvåg, there is a small area called Stranda, meaning "Beach" in English (formerly "Finneby" or "Sáamisiida" in Northern Sámi) that had a large coastal Sami population and is the last area in the municipality that is still characterized by some coastal Sami culture.[3]
References
- "Repvåg" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
- Store norske leksikon. "Repvåg" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2013-02-18.
- "Nordkapp-Repvåg". Travel-Finnmark. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 2018-06-07.