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Båtsfjord is located in Finnmark, Norway. Båtsfjord (Northern Sami: Báhcavuotna) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Båtsfjord (which is the only settlement remaining in the municipality). Båtsfjord Airport is a new, modern airport, located just outside Båtsfjord village. The Hurtigruten coastal express ferry also has regularly-scheduled stops in Båtsfjord village.
The 1,435-square-kilometre (554 sq mi) municipality is the 60th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Båtsfjord is the 267th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,221. The municipality's population density is 1.6 inhabitants per square kilometer (4.1 Ytre Syltefjord (abandoned in 1946), Hamna (abandoned around 1950), and Nordfjord (abandoned in 1989).