What is Hammerfest?
{{Not to be confused with|Hammerfest (town)}} [[File:Flag of Hammerfest.svg|thumb|The official flag of Hammerfest]] [[Image:Hammerfest official komm.svg|thumb|The official coat of arms of Hammerfest]] '''Hammerfest''' ({{Audio-nohelp|Hammerfest.ogg|pronunciation}}; {{lang|sme|Hámmerfeasta}} {{IPA-se|ˈhaːmmerˌfea̯sːta|}}) is a [[municipality]] in [[Finnmark]] county, [[Norway]]. The [[Administrative centre|administrative center]] of the municipality is the [[Hammerfest (town)|town of Hammerfest]]. The municipality has an area of {{convert|2,693|km2}} and a population of 11,274 people. The [[population density]] is low, with only 4.4 people per square kilometer (1.7/m²).<ref>{{Cite web|title=06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M) 1951 - 2023. Statbank Norway|url=https://www.ssb.no/en/system/|access-date=2023-04-27|website=SSB|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M) 2007 - 2023. Statbank Norway|url=https://www.ssb.no/en/system/|access-date=2023-04-27|website=SSB|language=en}}</ref> The municipality is made up of three large islands and several small islands. Most of it is not connected to the mainland by road. Hammerfest was formed as a municipality in 1838.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Formannskapsdistrikt|url=https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/2095269|access-date=2023-04-27|website=Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias|language=en}}</ref> In 1992, it merged with the neighboring municipality of Sørøysund to form a larger municipality with the same name.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jukvam|first=Dag|year=1999|title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen|url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901160307/http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf|archive-date=2012-09-01|access-date=2013-02-02|publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]]|language=no}}</ref> In 2020, it became part of the newly formed Troms og Finnmar