Vega Municipality
Vega Municipality
Vega kommune | |
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| Vegø herred (historic name) | |
View of Nes harbour in Vega | |
Nordland within Norway | |
Vega within Nordland | |
| Coordinates: 65°40′31″N 11°57′28″E / 65.67528°N 11.95778°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Nordland |
| District | Helgeland |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Gladstad |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Jon Floa (Sp) |
| Area | |
• Total | 164.79 km2 (63.63 sq mi) |
| • Land | 162.56 km2 (62.76 sq mi) |
| • Water | 2.23 km2 (0.86 sq mi) 1.4% |
| • Rank | #315 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 800.56 m (2,626.51 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 1,208 |
| • Rank | #321 in Norway |
| • Density | 7.3/km2 (19/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −1.2% |
| Demonym | Vegværing |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1815 |
| Website | Official website |
| Official name | Vegaøyan The Vega Archipelago |
| Criteria | Cultural: v |
| Reference | 1143 |
| Inscription | 2004 (28th Session) |
| Area | 107,294 hectares (414 sq mi) |
| Buffer zone | 28,952 hectares (112 sq mi) |
Vega is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Gladstad. Other villages include Holand and Ylvingen.
The municipality comprises about 6,500 islands in the Vega Archipelago. The main island of the municipality is the island of Vega, and it is also the largest at 163 square kilometres (63 sq mi). Bremstein Lighthouse is located in the southwestern part of the municipality.
The 165-square-kilometre (64 sq mi) municipality is the 315th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Vega is the 321st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,208. The municipality's population density is 7.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (19/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 1.2% over the previous 10-year period.