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Vågan Municipality

municipality in Nordland, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Nordland
District: Lofoten
Established: 1 Jan 1838
Created as: Formannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centre: Svolvær
Mayor 2023: Vidar Thom Benjaminsen ( H )
Total: 479.18 km (185.01 sq mi)
Land: 459.97 km (177.60 sq mi)
Water: 19.21 km (7.42 sq mi) 4%
Rank: # 209 in Norway
Highest elevation: 1,138.32 m (3,734.6 ft)
Density: 20.4/km (53/sq mi)
Change 10 years: +6.2%
Demonym: Vågaværing
Norwegian form: Neutral
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+02:00 ( CEST )

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Vågan (Northern Sami: Vuogát) 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 Svolvær. Some of the villages in Vågan include Digermulen, Gimsøysand, Gravermarka, Henningsvær, Hopen, Kabelvåg, Kleppstad, Laupstad, Liland, Skrova, Straumnes, and Sydalen.

The 479-square-kilometre (185 sq mi) municipality is the 209th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Vågan Municipality is the 117th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 9,793. The municipality's population density is 20.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (53/sq mi) and its population has increased by 6.2% over the previous 10-year period.