Vega Municipality

Vega Municipality
Vega kommune
Vegø herred  (historic name)
View of Nes harbour in Vega
View of Nes harbour in Vega
Flag of Vega Municipality
Coat of arms of Vega Municipality
Nordland within Norway
Nordland within Norway
Vega within Nordland
Vega within Nordland
Coordinates: 65°40′31″N 11°57′28″E / 65.67528°N 11.95778°E / 65.67528; 11.95778
CountryNorway
CountyNordland
DistrictHelgeland
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centreGladstad
Government
 • Mayor (2023)Jon Floa (Sp)
Area
 • Total
164.79 km2 (63.63 sq mi)
 • Land162.56 km2 (62.76 sq mi)
 • Water2.23 km2 (0.86 sq mi)  1.4%
 • Rank#315 in Norway
Highest elevation800.56 m (2,626.51 ft)
Population
 (2024)
 • Total
1,208
 • Rank#321 in Norway
 • Density7.3/km2 (19/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −1.2%
DemonymVegværing[2]
Official language
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1815[4]
WebsiteOfficial website
Official nameVegaøyan
The Vega Archipelago
CriteriaCultural: v
Reference1143
Inscription2004 (28th Session)
Area107,294 hectares (414 sq mi)
Buffer zone28,952 hectares (112 sq mi)

Vega is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Gladstad. Other villages include Holand and Ylvingen.

The municipality comprises about 6,500 islands in the Vega Archipelago. The main island of the municipality is the island of Vega, and it is also the largest at 163 square kilometres (63 sq mi). Bremstein Lighthouse is located in the southwestern part of the municipality.[5]

The 165-square-kilometre (64 sq mi) municipality is the 315th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Vega is the 321st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,208. The municipality's population density is 7.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (19/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 1.2% over the previous 10-year period.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Høgaste fjelltopp i kvar kommune" (in Norwegian). Kartverket. 16 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  3. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  4. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  5. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Vega (bilde)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  6. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  7. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).

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