Editing Kautokeino Municipality (section)

==Population==
In the village of [[Kautokeino (village)|Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino]], about 1,300 of the 3,000 people in the municipality reside. The village of Máze has about 400 people, while the remaining people in the municipality live in 14 smaller villages scattered around the area. The population has been declining about 3% over the last 10 years.

Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino has different demographics than Finnmark county and Norway as a whole: more than 50% of the population is younger than 30 years. Also, the number of people older than 66 years is half of the national average. The gender ratio amounts to 86 women for every 100 men.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kautokeino kommune |url=http://www.kautokeino.kommune.no/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041205170139/http://www.kautokeino.kommune.no/ |archive-date=5 December 2004 |access-date=31 October 2004 |language=no}}</ref>  For the last couple of years, Kautokeino has been plagued by high rates of unemployment, peaking at 10% in 2006/2007.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Finnmarkstatistikken: Yrkesdeltaking 2006 |url=http://www.fifo.no/finnstat/arbeidsliv/yrkesaktive/yrkesdeltaking2006.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080626132851/http://www.fifo.no/finnstat/arbeidsliv/yrkesaktive/yrkesdeltaking2006.htm |archive-date=26 June 2008 |language=no}}</ref>

A survey conducted on behalf of the Sami Language Council in the year 2000 showed that 96 percent of the population are [[Sámi languages|Sami]] speakers.<ref>Sámi Ealáhus- ja Guorahallanguovddáš (2000). Undersøkelse av bruken av samisk språk. Page 15. Retrieved on 9 March 2023, from https://sametinget.no/_f/p1/i10537133-cd33-43ad-b3f1-ead094c523a4/underskelse-av-bruken-av-samisk-sprak-2000.pdf</ref>

===Villages===
In addition to the [[administrative centre]] of Guovdageaidnu (Kautokeino), the municipality has 15 smaller villages:

*'''[[Masi, Norway|Máze (Masi)]]''' is the largest of the villages. Máze is located in a river valley. There is a school and [[Masi Church]] located in Máze. The current church has 150 seats and was built of wood in 1965. The first chapel was built in the 17th century. The second by [[Thomas von Westen]] in 1721. This church was burnt during [[World War II]] in 1944. The village was the site of a [[Alta controversy|major political controversy]] in the late 1970s and early 80s, when it was proposed to flood village to build a large [[Hydroelectricity|hydroelectric]] [[dam]].
*'''[[Láhpoluoppal]]''' is a village located northeast of Guovdageaidnu at the southern end of the [[Láhppojávri]] lake. The village has a school, [[Láhpoluoppal Chapel]], and [[mountain hut]] ({{langx|no|fjellstue}}). The chapel has 70 seats and was built in 1967.
*'''Šihččajávri''' is located southeast of Guovdageaidnu (Kautokeino) village. The [[Norwegian Meteorological Institute]] has a weather observation station in the village, and often the place has the lowest temperature in Norway.
*'''Ávži''' is a village {{convert|10|km|mi|0}} east of Guovdageaidnu. During the [[Sami revolt in Guovdageaidnu]], the group of Samis that captured the rebellions was organized here.
*'''Siebe''' is a village south of Guovdageaidnu.
*'''Mieron''' is a village north of Guovdageaidnu. Many of the Samis who traveled to [[Canada]] to teach the [[Inuit]] about reindeer herding were from Mieron.
*'''Stornes''' is a village north of Guovdageaidnu. Close to Stornes is a [[slate]] field with distinct green [[quartzite]] marketed as Naranas. [[File:Masi-kvartsitt-norway.jpg|thumb|right|Naranas quartzite.]]
*'''Šuoššjávri''' is a village northeast of Guovdageaidnu near the border with Karasjok with a chapel and a mountain hut. The chapel was built in 1968 and has 75 seats.
*'''Čunovuohppi''' is a small village with few houses and is {{convert|11|km|mi|0}} west of Guovdageaidnu. The village has a mountain hut (called ''Madame Bongos fjellstue'').
*'''Suolovuopmi''' is north of Guovdageaidnu near the border with Alta. It is the location of a mountain hut, and is used for metrological observations.
*'''Gálaniitu''' is southwest of Guovdageaidnu and has a mountain hut.
*'''Áidejávri''' is south of Guovdageaidnu close to the Finnish border.
*'''Ákšomuotki (Økseidet)''' is south of Guovdageaidnu.
*'''Soahtefielbma''' is about {{convert|10|km|mi|0}} west of Guovdageaidnu.