Most of the inhabitants live in the town of Honningsv�g, but Nordv�gen, Kam�yv�r, Skarsv�g and Gjesv�r are also important places.
The municipality's most famous point, after which it is named, is Nordkapp (North Cape). This 307 metres (1,007 ft) high cliff is usually referred to as the northernmost point of Europe. It is however not Europe's northernmost point, not by any definition. The northernmost point of the European mainland is Cape Nordkinn (Kinnarodden), at 71� 08? 02? North and 20 km from the village of Mehamn on Nordkinn Peninsula. And if Europe's northernmost point is allowed to be on an island it is Cape Fligely on Rudolf Island, Franz Josef Land, Russia, which is located very much further north at 81� 48? 24? North. And if Franz Josef Land is considered not to be in Europe, then Europe's northernmost point is the northern point of Ross�ya, an islet north of Spitsbergen at 80� 49? 44.41? North.).
Some 200,000 tourists annually visit Nordkapp, during the two to three months of summer. The North Cape first became famous when the English explorer Richard Chancellor rounded it in 1553 while attempting to find a sea route through the Northeast Passage
