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Kiby

Coordinates: 70°03′44″N 29°51′26″E / 70.06222°N 29.85722°E / 70.06222; 29.85722
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Kiby
Village
View of the village
View of the village
Map
Kiby is located in Finnmark
Kiby
Kiby
Kiby is located in Norway
Kiby
Kiby
Coordinates: 70°03′44″N 29°51′26″E / 70.06222°N 29.85722°E / 70.06222; 29.85722
CountryNorway
RegionNorthern Norway
CountyFinnmark
DistrictØst-Finnmark
MunicipalityVadsø Municipality
Elevation12 m (39 ft)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
9800 Vadsø

Kiby is a village in Vadsø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located along the Varangerfjorden and European route E75, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of the town of Vadsø. The fishing village had a population of 39 in 2003,[2] although it had a population of 208 in 1891.[3] Vardø Airport, which opened on 1 August 1974, is located at Kiby.[4]

Megaliths at Kiby

Norwegian-American poet Julius Berg Johannesen was born in Kiby in 1869. He immigrated to the US in 1891, where he published three books with poems.

References

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  1. ^ "Kiby, Vadsø" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
  2. ^ "Folkemengde, etter alder, bostedsstrøk og delområde/grunnkrets. 2003 Vadsø" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. p. 52. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Antal beboede Huse samt hjemmehørende Folkemængde 1 Januar 1891" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. p. 52. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  4. ^ Gynnild, Olav (2009). "Flyplassenes og flytrafikkens historie". Kulturminner på norske lufthavner – Landsverneplan for Avinor. Avinor. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2012.