Vestvågøy

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	Vestvågøy
Basic data
Commune number :	1860
Province  (county) :	North country
Administrative headquarters:	Leknes
Coordinates :	68 ° 9 '  N , 13 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 68 ° 9 '  N , 13 ° 37'  E
Surface:	424.56 km²
Residents:	11,433  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density :	27 inhabitants per km²
Language form :	neutral
Postal code :	8340-8373
Website:	vestvagoy.kommune.no
politics
Mayor :	Remi Solberg  ( Ap ) (2015)
Location in the province of Nordland

Vestvågøy is an island and at the same time a municipality in Fylke Nordland in the Lofoten region in Norway .

Location and dates

Vestvågøy

The Vestvågøy municipality has an area of ​​425 km² and 11,433 inhabitants (as of February 27, 2020). It is the most populous area of ​​Lofoten and Vesterålen .

The main town and administrative center is Leknes with around 2700 inhabitants. Other larger settlements are the towns of Gravdal , Stamsund and Ballstad . The highest elevation in the area of ​​the commune is the Himmeltindan ( 964  moh. ).

Transport links

Stamsund harbor

Stamsund is the landing point for the daily Hurtigruten ships and there are daily scheduled connections to Bodø and Trondheim from Leknes Airport .

Since 2007 there has been a ferry-free connection to European route 6 and thus to the Norwegian mainland.

Districts

• Ballstad: an important fishing village in Lofoten
• Borg : with a Viking Museum, which was built on the excavation site of a Viking-era chief's court.
• Borge: a church with 700 seats, built in 1987
• Eggum: beautiful view of the surroundings
• Gravdal: Church worth seeing (Buksnes Kirke), built in 1905 in the "stave church style"
• Leknes: Center of the municipality with approx. 2,700 inhabitants
• Stamsund: landing stage of the Hurtigruten

Web links

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

• Viking Museum in Borg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning