Borge Municipality
Borge is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The 193-square-kilometre municipality existed from 1838 until 1963. It was located on the northern part of the island of Vestvågøya in what is now Vestvågøy Municipality.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Description: former municipality in Nordland, Norway
- Also known as: “Borge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Borge Church and Lofotr Viking Museum.
Borge Church
Church
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Borge Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vestvågøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located just outside of the village of Bøstad on the island of Vestvågøya.
Lofotr Viking Museum
Museum
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Lofotr Viking Museum is a historical museum based on a reconstruction and archaeological excavation of a Viking chieftain's village on the island of Vestvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. Lofotr Viking Museum is situated 550 metres west of Borge Municipality.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bøstad and Knutstad.
Bøstad
Quarter
Bøstad is a village in Vestvågøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located along the European route E10 highway just next to the hamlet of Borg in the central part of the island of Vestvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago. Borge Church is located in Borg, very close to the village of Bøstad.
Knutstad
Hamlet
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Knutstad is a village in Vestvågøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on the northeastern part of the island of Vestvågøya, along the European route E10 highway, about 9 kilometres east of the village of Bøstad. Knutstad Chapel is located in the village. Knutstad is situated 7 km northeast of Borge Municipality.
Borge 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 Irish to Turkish—“Borge Municipality” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Borge”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Borge i Nordland”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Borge kommune”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Borge”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Borge i Lofoten”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Borge i Nordland”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Borge kommune”
- Norwegian: “Borge”
- Romanian: “Comuna Borge”
- Russian: “Борге”
- Swedish: “Borge kommun, Nordland”
- Swedish: “Borge kommun”
- Turkish: “Borge”
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