Buksnes Municipality
Buksnes is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The 104-square-kilometre municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1963. It comprised the western part of the island of Vestvågøya in what is now Vestvågøy Municipality.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Hakrist, Public domain.
- Type: Church
- Description: former municipality in Nordland, Norway
- Also known as: “Buksnes”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Buksnes Church.
Buksnes Church
Church
Photo: Holav, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Buksnes Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vestvågøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Gravdal on the island of Vestvågøya.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gravdal and Leknes.
Gravdal
Village
Photo: Hakrist, Public domain.
Gravdal is a village in Vestvågøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the island of Vestvågøya in the central part of the Lofoten archipelago, north of the Arctic Circle.
Leknes
Town
Photo: Paalsvendsen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lofoten is a group of islands in the northern part of Norway. With its postcard-looking small fishing villages nestled in fjords dotting a very rugged coast with abrupt peaks rising directly from the ocean, the archipelago is often described as one of the most scenic parts of Norway. Leknes is situated 4 km northeast of Buksnes Municipality.
Napp
Village
Napp is a small fishing village in Flakstad Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on the northern part of the island of Flakstadøya in the Lofoten archipelago. Napp is situated 6 km west of Buksnes Municipality.
Buksnes Municipality
- Categories: former municipality of Norway and religion
- Location: Vestvågøy Municipality, Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Turkish—“Buksnes Municipality” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Բուքսնես”
- Catalan: “Buksnes”
- Danish: “Buksnes Kommune”
- Dutch: “Buksnes”
- Irish: “Buksnes”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Buksnes kommune”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Buksnes”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Buksnes kommune”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Buksnes”
- Norwegian: “Buksnes”
- Romanian: “Comuna Buksnes”
- Russian: “Букснес”
- Swedish: “Buksnes kommun”
- Turkish: “Buksnes”
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