Vestvågøy Municipality
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: municipality of Norway with 11,400 residents
- Description: municipality in Nordland, Norway
- Also known as: “1860” and “Vestvågøy”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hol Church and Buksnes Church.
Hol Church
Church
Hol Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vestvågøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the southeastern edge of the town of Leknes on the island of Vestvågøya.
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. Buksnes Church is situated 4 km southwest of Vestvågøy Municipality.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leknes and Gravdal.
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.
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. Gravdal is situated 4 km southwest of Vestvågøy Municipality.
Vestvågøy Municipality
- Location: Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Waray—“Vestvågøy Municipality” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Vestvågøy”
- Asturian: “conceyu de Vestvågøy (Noruega)”
- Asturian: “Vestvågøy kommune”
- Asturian: “Vestvågøy”
- Basque: “Vestvågøy”
- Bishnupriya: “ভেস্টবগায়”
- Catalan: “Vestvågøy”
- Cebuano: “Vestvågøy”
- Chinese: “Vestvågøy”
- Chinese: “韋斯特沃格于”
- Chinese: “韦斯特沃格于”
- Czech: “Vestvågøy”
- Danish: “Vestvågøy Kommune”
- Danish: “Vestvågøy”
- Dutch: “Vestvagoy”
- Dutch: “Vestvågøy”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ڤيستڤوجوى”
- Esperanto: “Vestvågøy”
- Finnish: “Vestvågöy”
- Finnish: “Vestvågøy”
- French: “Vestvagoy”
- French: “Vestvågøy”
- German: “Vestvaagoy”
- German: “Vestvaagöy”
- German: “Vestvagoy”
- German: “Vestvagöy”
- German: “Vestvågøy”
- Indonesian: “Vestvaagoey”
- Indonesian: “Vestvagoy”
- Indonesian: “Vestvågøy”
- Irish: “Vestvågøy”
- Italian: “Vestvagoy”
- Italian: “Vestvågøy”
- Japanese: “ヴェストヴォーゴイ”
- Javanese: “Vestvågøy”
- Latin: “Vestvågøy”
- Limburgan: “Vestvågøy”
- Lithuanian: “Vestvagojas”
- Low German: “Kommun Vestvågøy”
- Malay: “Vestvågøy”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Vestvågøy”
- Northern Sami: “Vestvågøy”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vestvågøy kommune”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vestvågøy”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vestvågøy kommune”
- Norwegian: “Vestvågøy”
- Persian: “وستواگوی”
- Polish: “Vestvaagoey”
- Polish: “Vestvagoy”
- Polish: “Vestvågøy”
- Portuguese: “Vestvagoy”
- Portuguese: “Vestvågøy”
- Romanian: “Comuna Vestvågøy”
- Romanian: “Vestvågøy”
- Russian: “Вествогёй”
- Slovenian: “Vestvagoy”
- Slovenian: “Vestvågøy”
- Spanish: “Vestvågøy”
- Swahili: “Vestvågøy”
- Swedish: “Vestvågøy kommun”
- Swedish: “Vestvågöy”
- Thai: “Vestvagoy”
- Thai: “Vestvågøy”
- Thai: “เว็สต์โวเกย”
- Turkish: “Vestvågøy”
- Vietnamese: “Vestvågøy”
- Waray (Philippines): “Vestvågøy”
- “Vestvågøy”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Fygle and Moneset.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Leknes Airport and Valset.
Nordland: Must-Visit Destinations
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