Vågå
Municipality in Innlandet, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 Vågå include Lalm and Bessheim.
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Vågå Municipality
Vågå kommune | |
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Vaagaa herred (historic name) Vaage herred (historic name) | |
Coordinates: 61°50′55″N 9°7′16″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Innlandet |
District | Gudbrandsdal |
Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
• Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
Administrative centre | Vågåmo |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019) | Harald Sve Bjørndal (BL) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,330.01 km2 (513.52 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,251.96 km2 (483.38 sq mi) |
• Water | 78.03 km2 (30.13 sq mi) 5.9% |
• Rank | #73 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 3,532 |
• Rank | #214 in Norway |
• Density | 2.9/km2 (8/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | −5% |
Demonym | Vagvær[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-3435[3] |
Website | Official website |
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The 1,330-square-kilometre (510 sq mi) municipality is the 73rd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Vågå is the 214th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,532. The municipality's population density is 2.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.5/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 5% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]