Svanvik
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Village | |
 Boundary marker 167 north in Svanvik's area of responsibility | |
  Svanvik Location in Norway  Svanvik Svanvik (Norway) | |
| Coordinates: 69°27′10″N 30°3′17″E / 69.45278°N 30.05472°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Northern Norway |
| County | Troms og Finnmark |
| District | Øst-Finnmark |
| Municipality | Sør-Varanger |
| Elevation | 24 m (79 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Svanvik (Kven: Jouttenlahti) is a village in the municipality of Sør-Varanger in Troms og Finnmark, Norway. It is located 40 km (25 mi) south of Kirkenes and its on the north bank of Svanevatn, a lake in the Paatsjoki basin.[2] The village had a population of 250 in 2019.[3]
Svanvik Church, Pasvik Folk College and Øvre Pasvik National Park are located in Svanvik. Svanvik has its own primary and secondary school, Pasvik School. The school is located approximately 2-3 kilometers from Pasviktunet and it was expanded in 2008.
Svanvik border station
Svanvik has one of the border guard stations on the Norway–Russia border. From Svanvik, they keep an eye on, among other things, the Russian mining town of Nikel, which is only 9 km (5.6 mi) from Svanvik (but 84 km (52 mi) by car). Like Skogfoss and Gjøkåsen, Svanvik is located by the Paatsjoki. The station bears the name of the village in which it is located and is part of the community.
References
- ↑ "Neiden" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Archived from the original on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
- ↑ "Svanvik". Norgeskart.no (in Norwegian). 1 November 2019.
- ↑ "Tabell: 04317: Folkemengde, etter grunnkrets". Statistisk sentralbyrå. Retrieved 5 November 2019.