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Longyearbyen (secara harafiah diartikan sebagai Kota Longyear) adalah ibu kota sekaligus permukiman terbesar di Svalbard, sebuah kepulauan di Norwegia.
Kepulauan Svalbard (dahulu disebut Spitsbergen atau Spitzbergen) adalah wilayah paling utara dari Norwegia yang terletak di Samudra Arktik, sebelah utara Daratan Eropa. Svalbard merupakan sebuah kepulauan dengan Longyearbyen sebagai ibu kotanya.
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In 1896, Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab started tours to Hotellneset. To accommodate tourists, they built a prefabricated hotel, but it was not profitable and was closed after the 1897 season. However, two families overwintered in 1898–99,: 55 and Norway Post operated a post office at Hotellneset from 1897 to 1899.: 104 The first commercially viable...
Longyearbyen is in the lower portion of the Longyear Valley, along the Longyear River. The lower parts of the town lie along the southwestern shore of the bay of Adventfjorden, a 7-by-4-kilometer (4+1⁄2 by 2+1⁄2 mi) branch of Isfjorden. Longyearbyen is on the Nordenskiöld Land peninsula of Spitsbergen, the largest island of the Svalbard archipelago...
As of 2020[update], Longyearbyen had a population of 1,753 people. The largest regional group of Norwegians are from Northern Norway, particularly Nordland and Troms, who make up more than 40% of the population. Roughly 300 people (16%) are non-Norwegian citizens, with the largest nationalities being from Thailand, Sweden, Russia and Ukraine.Becaus...
Longyearbyen Community Council has many of the same responsibilities as a municipality. It is organised with a 15-member council that since 2015 has been led by Mayor Arild Olsen of the Labour Party. The council's main responsibilities are infrastructure and utilities, including power, land-use and community planning, education from kindergarten to...
The community council runs a number of cultural activities, such as a cinema, a youth club, a library and a gallery. Svalbard Church of the Church of Norway has the entire archipelago as its parish. The congregational hall is 126 m2 (1,360 sq ft) while the sitting room is 112 m2 (1,210 sq ft). The church is built in half-timber.: 126 There are two ...
Coal production peaked in 2007 at 4.1 million tonnes, and reduced to 1.1 million tonnes in 2015. The only mining still taking place in Longyearbyen is at Mine 7, 15 kilometers (9 mi) up Adventdalen. In 2012 it produced 70,000 tonnes (69,000 long tons; 77,000 short tons) of coal annually, of which 25,000 tonnes (25,000 long tons; 28,000 short tons) ...
Longyearbyen School serves ages 6–18. It is the northernmost primary and secondary school in the world. Once pupils reach ages 16 or 17 many families move to mainland Norway. There is a non-degree-offering tertiary educational institution in Longyearbyen, University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), co-located with the Norwegian Polar Institute, Svalbard ...
Longyearbyen has a road network stretching 50 kilometers (30 mi), but the network does not extend to any other communities.: 63–67 In 2008 there were 1,481 registered road vehicles and 49 per cent of all households had a car. Cars are registered with ZN registration plates.: 70 There is a single dealer who sells Toyotas, Svalbard Auto, which is als...
Norwegian Mapping Authority (1990). Sailing directions, travellers' guide, Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Den norske los. ISBN 82-90653-06-9.Stange, Rolf (2012). Spitsbergen – Svalbard. A complete guide around the arctic archipelago. Rolf Stange. ISBN 978-3-937903-14-9.Penambangan berkelanjutan dimulai pada tahun 1906 dengan berdirinya Longyearbyen dan pada tahun 1920-an, permukiman permanen di pertambangan batubara didirikan di Barentsburg, Grumant, Pyramiden, Svea dan Ny-Ålesund. Perjanjian Svalbard mulai berlaku pada tahun 1925, dan memberikan kedaulatan Norwegia atas wilayah tersebut, tetapi melarang ...
Svalbard. Svalbard (/ ˈsvɑːlbɑːr (d)/ SVAHL-bar (d), [4] Urban East Norwegian: [ˈsvɑ̂ːɫbɑr]), previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. North of mainland Europe, it lies about midway between the northern coast of Norway and the North Pole. The islands of the group range from 74 ...
Longyearbyen is located in a valley south of Adventfjorden, at 78° 10' N. The valley’s coalfields were occupied in the summer of 1900 by entrepreneurs from Trondheim, who established Kulkompagniet Trondhjem-Spitsbergen.
Longyearbyen is the northernmost town in the world, with around 2,400 people living there permanently. Longyearbyen is isolated on the polar archipelago of Svalbard at 78 degrees north. Longyearbyen is situated on the island of Spitsbergen.
