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Barents - Your Gateway to Euro-Arctic Cooperation
The cooperation in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region was launched in 1993 in Kirkenes, Norway. The region consists of thirteen counties or similar entities in Norway, Russia, Finland and Sweden
The Barents Cooperation promotes people-to-people contacts and economic development and creates good conditions for interregional exchange in many different fields; e.g. culture, indigenous people, education, youth, trade, information, environment, health and transport. The Barents Cooperation is regarded as an integral part of creating a stable, democratic and prosperous Europe.
In the spirit of the Northern Dimension, the Barents Euro-Arctic Region is, in its cultural diversity, a gateway to opportunities for researchers, entrepreneurs, pioneers and discoverers. In the 21st century, the Northern Sea Route and the shortcuts to Asia still remains a challenge and a vision for Europe and the Barents Cooperation.
About six million people live in the Barents Region, which is three times as large as France. This Euro-Arctic Region is also characterised by its harsh climate and long distances. But no other part of Europe and indeed few places on earth are equally rich in forests, fish, minerals, oil and gas. Besides such natural resources the Barents Euro-Arctic Region has a skilled labour force and constitutes a meeting point between the European Union and Russia.
The majority of the Barents Region belongs to the temperate conifer zone whereas the Scandinavian mountain chain, the northern parts of the Kola Peninsula, the Nenets Area and Novaja Zemlja are part of the Arctic thundra. The location mainly north of the Arctic Circle gives a period of exotic midnight sun and also long and dark polar nights.
The surface area of the Barents Region is 1.755.800 square km. The population density is on average a mere 3,5 inhabitants per square km. This varies from 0,3 (Nenets) to 8 (Oulu) inhabitants. The largest city in the Barents Region is Arkhangelsk (Russia) with its 350.000 inhabitants.
The Barents Euro-Arctic Region includes the following 13 territories which also are members of the Barents Regional Council:
Norway: Finnmark, Troms and Nordland
Russia: Murmansk, Arkhangelsk, Nenets, Komi and Karelia
Finland: Lappland, Oullu and Kainuu
Sweden: Norbotten and Västerbotten
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The Norwegian Barents Secretariat
The Barents Cooperation promotes people-to-people contacts and economic development and creates good conditions for interregional exchange in many different fields; e.g. culture, indigenous people, education, youth, trade, information, environment, health and transport. The Barents Cooperation is regarded as an integral part of creating a stable, democratic and prosperous Europe.
In the spirit of the Northern Dimension, the Barents Euro-Arctic Region is, in its cultural diversity, a gateway to opportunities for researchers, entrepreneurs, pioneers and discoverers. In the 21st century, the Northern Sea Route and the shortcuts to Asia still remains a challenge and a vision for Europe and the Barents Cooperation.
About six million people live in the Barents Region, which is three times as large as France. This Euro-Arctic Region is also characterised by its harsh climate and long distances. But no other part of Europe and indeed few places on earth are equally rich in forests, fish, minerals, oil and gas. Besides such natural resources the Barents Euro-Arctic Region has a skilled labour force and constitutes a meeting point between the European Union and Russia.
The majority of the Barents Region belongs to the temperate conifer zone whereas the Scandinavian mountain chain, the northern parts of the Kola Peninsula, the Nenets Area and Novaja Zemlja are part of the Arctic thundra. The location mainly north of the Arctic Circle gives a period of exotic midnight sun and also long and dark polar nights.
The surface area of the Barents Region is 1.755.800 square km. The population density is on average a mere 3,5 inhabitants per square km. This varies from 0,3 (Nenets) to 8 (Oulu) inhabitants. The largest city in the Barents Region is Arkhangelsk (Russia) with its 350.000 inhabitants.
The Barents Euro-Arctic Region includes the following 13 territories which also are members of the Barents Regional Council:
Norway: Finnmark, Troms and Nordland
Russia: Murmansk, Arkhangelsk, Nenets, Komi and Karelia
Finland: Lappland, Oullu and Kainuu
Sweden: Norbotten and Västerbotten
Copyright © 2005
The Norwegian Barents Secretariat
