Vågan

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Vågan municipality coat of arms
Vågan (Norway)
Vågan
Vågan
Basic data
Commune number : 1865
Province  (county) : North country
Administrative headquarters: Svolvær
Coordinates : 68 ° 17 '  N , 14 ° 31'  E Coordinates: 68 ° 17 '  N , 14 ° 31'  E
Surface: 479.17 km²
Residents: 9,608  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density : 20 inhabitants per km²
Language form : neutral
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politics
Mayor : Frank Gudmund Johnsen  ( Sp ) (2019)
Location in the province of Nordland
Location of the municipality in the province of Nordland

Vågan is a municipality in Lofoten in the Norwegian Fylke Nordland .

Location and dates

9608 people live in Vågan municipality on an area of ​​479 km². The main town is Svolvær . The municipality includes most of the island of Austvågøya and the islands of Gimsøy , Henningsvær , Stormolla , Skrova and the southern part of Hinnøya as well as various small islands.

Districts

  • Svolvær , the main town
  • Storvågan , the Lofot Museum, the Lofot Aquarium and the Espolin Gallery are well worth a visit
  • Kabelvåg has about 1,990 inhabitants, the Vågan Church from 1898 with 1,200 seats is worth seeing
  • Henningsvær , one of the most important fishing spots in Lofoten, the Venice of the North
  • the Kaiser route from Svolvær via Laukvika , the Raftsund area to Digermulen and on to Årsteinen or Storfjell on the Vestfjord
  • Gimsøy-Hov, here are old burial mounds from the Stone Age and the Iron Age

Culture and sights

  • Svolvær

  • Svolvær harbor

  • Kabelvåg marina

  • Lofoten Cathedral

  • Raftsund

Web links

Commons : Vågan  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning