Vågå

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	Vågå
Basic data
Commune number :	3435
Province  (county) :	Domestic
Administrative headquarters:	Vågåmo
Coordinates :	61 ° 38 ′  N , 8 ° 59 ′  E Coordinates: 61 ° 38 ′  N , 8 ° 59 ′  E
Height :	880 moh.
Surface:	1,330 km²
Residents:	3,570  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density :	3 inhabitants per km²
Language form :	Nynorsk
Website:	www.vaga.kommune.no
politics
Mayor :	Harald Sve Bjørndal  (Bygdalista) (2019)
Located in the province of Innlandet

Vågåmo, the central part of Vågå municipality

The municipality of Vågå in Norway has an area of ​​1,330 km² with a north-south extension of 70.5 km and an east-west extension of 49.3 km and 3570 inhabitants (as of February 27, 2020).

The municipality is located in Fylke Innlandet in the lower Ottadal and is administered by the place Vågåmo.

The name Vågå comes from the old Norwegian vega , which means “to travel, drive”.

Larger settlements are Vågåmo and Lalm. The highest point is the Surtningsuen with a height of 2,368 meters.

Over 150 houses in the municipality are listed.

Known residents

• Ole Herman Krag (1837–1916), inventor of the Krag-Jørgensen rifle
• Edvard Storm (1749–1794), poet and educator
• Ragnvald Skrede (1904-1983), poet

Web links

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

• Statistics Vågå ( Memento from May 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning