Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Finnmark#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Finnmark |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Vest-Finnmark |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Hammerfest Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.31 |
Population As Of: | 2023 |
Population Total: | 289 |
Population Density Km2: | 932 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 9620 Kvalsund |
Elevation M: | 2 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Coordinates: | 70.5025°N 23.9797°W |
or [2] is a village in Hammerfest Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It was formerly the administrative centre of the old Kvalsund Municipality which existed until 2020 when it merged with Hammerfest Municipality.
The village is located on the mainland, along the Kvalsundet strait, at the mouth of the river Kvalsundelva. The village sits just east of the Kvalsund Bridge which connects the mainland to the island of Kvaløya, just to the north. Kvalsund Church is located in this village.
The 0.31km2 village has a population (2023) of 289 which gives the village a population density of .[3]