City/town within Sør-Varanger Municipality, Finnmark, Norway
Kirkenes (Norwegian; pronounced [ˈçɪ̂rkəneːs] ), Girkonjárga (Northern Sami; pronounced [ˈkir̥ː.ko.ˌɲaːrːka], or Kirkkoniemi (Kven) is a town in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, in the far northeastern part of Norway. The town lies on a peninsula along the Bøkfjorden, an arm of the large Varangerfjorden, and is located just a few kilometres from the Norway–Russia border. The 2.29-square-kilometre (570-acre) town has a population (2023) of 3,404 and a population density of 1,486 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,850/sq mi).
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Kirkenes (Norwegian; pronounced [ˈçɪ̂rkəneːs] ), Girkonjárga (Northern Sami; pronounced [ˈkir̥ː.ko.ˌɲaːrːka], or Kirkkoniemi (Kven) is a town in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, in the far northeastern part of Norway. The town lies on a peninsula along the Bøkfjorden, an arm of the large Varangerfjorden, and is located just a few kilometres from the Norway–Russia border. The 2.29-square-kilometre (570-acre) town has a population (2023) of 3,404 and a population density of 1,486 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,850/sq mi).
