Vestvågøy Municipality
Vestvågøy Municipality
Vestvågøy kommune | |
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View of Ballstad in Vestvågøy | |
Nordland within Norway | |
Vestvågøy within Nordland | |
| Coordinates: 68°13′17″N 13°47′04″E / 68.22139°N 13.78444°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Nordland |
| District | Lofoten |
| Established | 1 Jan 1963 |
| • Preceded by | Borge, Buksnes, Hol, and Valberg |
| Administrative centre | Leknes |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Jonny Finstad (H) |
| Area | |
• Total | 424.29 km2 (163.82 sq mi) |
| • Land | 406.99 km2 (157.14 sq mi) |
| • Water | 17.30 km2 (6.68 sq mi) 4.1% |
| • Rank | #231 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 955.91 m (3,136.19 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 11,619 |
| • Rank | #99 in Norway |
| • Density | 27.4/km2 (71/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +5.7% |
| Demonym | Vestvågøyværing |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1860 |
| Website | Official website |
Vestvågøy is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Lofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Leknes. Some of the villages in the municipality include Ballstad, Borg, Bøstad, Gravdal, Knutstad, Stamsund, Tangstad, and Valberg. With over 11,600 inhabitants, Vestvågøy is the most populous municipality in all of the Lofoten and Vesterålen regions in Nordland county.
The Lofotr museum in Borg shows a reconstructed Iron Age Viking chieftain's residence, with a house measuring 80 metres (262 ft), built of stone and turf.
The 424-square-kilometre (164 sq mi) municipality is the 231st largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Vestvågøy is the 99th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 11,619. The municipality's population density is 27.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (71/sq mi) and its population has increased by 5.7% over the previous 10-year period.