Bugøynes is a fishing village in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county in northeastern Norway. The village is situated along the Varangerfjorden which is a vast bay off the Barents Sea , near the border with Russia. The village is situated some 500 km north of the Arctic Circle, with nearly 230 inhabitants. The village is populated by many Finnish-speaking residents, leading to the village being referred to as Lille-Finland or "Little Finland".
The name Bugøynes means "bay island headland", from bug + øy + nes . Bugøya has also given its name to the neighbouring Bugøyfjord.
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