VÃ¥gan

9201 ( March 31, 2013 )

Vågan is a commune ( municipality) in the Fylke Nordland on the Lofoten Islands in Norway.

Location and data

In the commune Vågan 9,036 inhabitants living in an area of 477 km ². The main town is Svolvær. The municipality covers the major part of the island and the islands Austvågøy Gimsøy, Henningsvær Store Molla, Skrova and the southern part of Hinnøya as well as several small islands.

Districts

  • Svolvær, the capital
  • Storvågan, worth seeing are the Lofoten Museum, the Lofoten Aquarium and Gallery Espolin
  • Kabelvåg, has about 1,990 inhabitants, worth the Vågan Church is from 1898 with 1,200 seats
  • Henningsvær, one of the main fishing villages in Lofoten, the Venice of the North
  • The imperial route from Svolvær on Laukvika, the Raftsundgebiet to Digermulen and continue until Årsteinen or the Storfjell on vestfjord
  • Gimsøybrua Hov, here are old grave mounds from the Stone Age and the Iron Age
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