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Vågå

municipality in Innlandet, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Innlandet
District: Gudbrandsdal
Established: 1 Jan 1838
Created as: Formannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centre: Vågåmo
Mayor 2019: Harald Sve Bjørndal ( BL )
Total: 1,329.99 km (513.51 sq mi)
Land: 1,251.95 km (483.38 sq mi)
Water: 78.04 km (30.13 sq mi) 5.9%
Rank: # 73 in Norway
Highest elevation: 2,367.64 m (7,767.8 ft)
Density: 2.7/km (7.0/sq mi)
Change 10 years: −4.2%
Demonym: Vagvær
Norwegian form: Nynorsk
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+02:00 ( CEST )

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Vågå ( Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈvôːɡoː]) is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vågåmo. Other village areas in the municipality include Bessheim, Besstrond, Lalm, Maurvangen, and Tessand.

The 1,330-square-kilometre (510 sq mi) municipality is the 73rd largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Vågå Municipality is the 217th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,529. The municipality's population density is 2.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.0/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 4.2% over the previous 10-year period.