Vågsøy

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Vågsøy kommune

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County Sogn og Fjordane
District Nordfjord
Municipality
Administrative centre Måløy
Mayor (2004) Roger Bernt Silden (Ap)
Official language form Nynorsk
Area
- Total
- Land
- Percentage 176 Square kilometre>km²
171 km²
0.05 %
Population
- Total (as of 2004>2004)
- Percentage
- Change (10 years)
- Density Ranked 160
6,288
0.14 %
-2.7 %
37/km²
Coordinates
[www.vagsoy.kommune.no]
[Data from Statistics Norway]
Coordinates: Vågsøy (Vaagso in English) is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. The municipalitiy was formed in 1965 when the municipalities of Nord-Vågsøy and Sør-Vågsøy merged.

The municipality's administrative center is the town Måløy.

The municipality is the largest port of fisheries in Norway measured in landed quantity.

Municipalities of Sogn og Fjordane
Nordfjord: Bremanger \| Eid \| Gloppen \| Hornindal \| Selje \| Stryn \| Vågsøy Sunnfjord: Askvoll \| Fjaler \| Flora \| Førde \| Gaular \| Jølster \| Naustdal Sogn: Aurland \| Balestrand \| Gulen \| Hyllestad \| Høyanger \| Leikanger \| Luster \| Lærdal \| Sogndal \| Solund \| Vik \| Årdal

See also