Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Finnmark#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Label: | Krampenes |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Finnmark |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Øst-Finnmark |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Vadsø Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 9800 Vadsø |
Elevation M: | 3 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Coordinates: | 70.105°N 30.1956°W |
,, or [2] is a village in Vadsø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located on the northern shore of the Varangerfjorden on the eastern shore of the Varanger Peninsula. It lies along the European route E75 highway, about northeast of Valen and Ekkerøy. The small island of Lille Ekkerøy lies about off the coast of Krampenes.[3]
The majority of the village population is Norwegian as well as some Sami residents. The Sami reindeer herders on the Varanger Peninsula bring their reindeer to the slaughtering facilities in Krampenes each year, and they recruit their labour force for the slaughtering plant from the Norwegians in Krampenes.[4]