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Longyearbyen

Municipality in Spitsbergen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Longyearbyen is a small coal-mining town on Spitsbergen Island, in Norway's Svalbard archipelago. This Arctic town is known for its views of the Northern Lights. The modern Svalbard Museum chronicles the region’s natural and cultural history. It...
Population: 2,368 (2019)
Airport code: LYR
Founded: 1907
Incorporated: 1 January 2002
Island: Spitsbergen
Sovereign state: Norway
Territory: Svalbard