Vestvågøy Municipality

municipality in Nordland, Norway
Organization municipality_of_norway Q507201
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Summary

Vestvågøy Municipality is a municipality of Norway[1]. It draws 542 Wikipedia views per month (municipality of norway category, ranking #49 of 360).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Nordland[3]
  • Country: Norway[4]
  • Head of government: Remi Solberg[5]
  • Capital: Leknes[6]
  • Shares border with: Flakstad Municipality[7], Vågan Municipality[8]
  • Main regulatory text: Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[9]
  • Commons category: Vestvågøy[10]
  • Inception: January 1, 1963[11]
  • Highest point: Himmeltindan[12]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Norwegian Sea[13], Vestvågøya[14]
  • Official website: https://www.vestvagoy.kommune.no/[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Vestvågøy Municipality[16]
  • Population: 11,198[17], 11,433[18], 11,521[19], 11,566[20], 11,551[21], 11,619[22], 11,582[23], 11,606[24]
  • Office held by head of government: mayor of Vestvågøy[25]
  • Replaces: Buksnes[26], Hol Municipality[27], Borge[28], Valberg Municipality[29]
  • Replaced by: Vest-Lofoten Municipality[30]
  • Category for people born here: Q25846668[31]
  • Number of households: 4971[32], 3975[33], 318[34], 433[35], 112[36], 133[37]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Vestvågøy[38]
  • Area: 423 km²[39], 424.56098916231133 km²[40], 2109.6365673461282 km²[41], 1685.075578183817 km²[42], 279.96755784744533 km²[43], 0 km²[44], 17.59118833548519 km²[45], 0.020544148155857516 km²[46], 34.97568071592277 km²[47], 60.096365070638655 km²[48], 27.943301376442545 km²[49], 3.0983521817346538 km²[50], 0.10351940865616434 km²[51], 0.7644800778301967 km²[52]
  • Has list: Grunnkretser i Vestvågøy kommune[53]
  • Language used: Bokmål[54], Nynorsk[55]

Why It Matters

Vestvågøy Municipality has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . vestvagoy.kommune.no. Retrieved . vestvagoy.kommune.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
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  26. [28] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . regjeringen.no. regjeringen.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  44. [46] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  46. [48] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [56] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [57] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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