Longyearbyen
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Longyearbyen is one of the world's northernmost settlements, with an estimated population of around 2,400–2,800, and is the capital and largest settled area of Svalbard. It stretches along the foot of
Longyearbyen spisshus 2022
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Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Longyearbyen, Norway
1973HDR Longyearbyen
Longyearbyen Community Council is the local government for Longyearbyen in Svalbard, Norway. It has many of the same responsibilities of a municipality. It is organized with a 15-member council which
Longyearbyen
…and on the shore of Adventfjorden, the short estuary leading into Isfjorden on the west coast of Spitsbergen, the island's broadest inlet. As of 2002, Longyearbyen Community Council is an official Norwegian municipality. It is the seat of the Governor of Svalbard. As of 2024, the town's mayor is Leif Terje Aunevik. Known as Longyear…
The town hall in 2011
Leif Terje Aunevik, incumbent Mayor of Longyearbyen