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Vågan Municipality

municipality in Nordland, Norway
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Vågan Municipality

Summary

Vågan Municipality is a municipality of Norway[1]. It draws 67 Wikipedia views per month (municipality_of_norway category, ranking #58 of 360).[2]

Key Facts

  • Vågan Municipality is located in Nordland[3].
  • Vågan Municipality is in the country of Norway[4].
  • Vågan Municipality's head of government is recorded as Frank Johnsen[5].
  • Vågan Municipality's instance of is recorded as municipality of Norway[6].
  • Vågan Municipality's capital is recorded as Svolvær[7].
  • Vågan Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Hadsel Municipality[8].
  • Vågan Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Lødingen Municipality[9].
  • Vågan Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Vestvågøy Municipality[10].
  • Vågan Municipality's main regulatory text is recorded as Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[11].
  • Vågan Municipality's Commons category is recorded as Vågan[12].
  • Vågan Municipality's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[13].
  • Vågan Municipality's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 68.278056, 'lon': 14.520833}[14].
  • Vågan Municipality's significant event is recorded as boundary change[15].
  • Vågan Municipality's significant event is recorded as boundary change[16].
  • Vågan Municipality's significant event is recorded as boundary change[17].
  • Vågan Municipality's official website is recorded as https://vagan.kommune.no/[18].
  • Vågan Municipality's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Vågan Municipality[19].
  • Vågan Municipality has a population of {'amount': '+9350'}[20].
  • Vågan Municipality has a population of {'amount': '+9608'}[21].
  • Vågan Municipality has a population of {'amount': '+9670'}[22].
  • Vågan Municipality has a population of {'amount': '+9724'}[23].
  • Vågan Municipality has a population of {'amount': '+9736'}[24].
  • Vågan Municipality has a population of {'amount': '+9793'}[25].
  • Vågan Municipality has a population of {'amount': '+9871'}[26].
  • Vågan Municipality has a population of {'amount': '+9905'}[27].

Why It Matters

Vågan Municipality draws 67 Wikipedia views per month (municipality_of_norway category, ranking #58 of 360).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 22h ago · Johand199 · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Employees → +1682
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P1128]]: 1,682, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259350|batch #259350]]"
  2. 4w ago · Bob08 · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → municipality of Norway
    Official website → https://vagan.kommune.no/
    Country → —
    Number of households → {'amount': '+4322'}, {'amount': '+2900'}, {'amount': '+262'} +3
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P1320]]: no/938644500, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257267|batch #257267]]"
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