Vestvågøy Municipality
municipality in Nordland, Norway
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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]