Vega, Norway
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 Vega within Nordland |
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| Coordinates: 65°40′31″N 11°57′28″E / 65.67528°N 11.95778°ECoordinates: 65°40′31″N 11°57′28″E / 65.67528°N 11.95778°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Nordland | ||
| District | Helgeland | ||
| Administrative centre | Gladstad | ||
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| • Mayor (2007) | Andre Møller (Ap) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 163.33 km2 (63.06 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 161.05 km2 (62.18 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 2.28 km2 (0.88 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 355 in Norway | ||
| Population (2011) | |||
| • Total | 1,270 | ||
| • Rank | 382 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 7.9/km2 (20/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -10.0 % | ||
| Demonym(s) | Vegværing | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1815 | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Website | www |
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| Vegaøyan The Vega Archipelago |
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| Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List | |
| Location | Norway |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | v |
| Reference | 1143 |
| UNESCO region | Europe and North America |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 2004 (28th Session) |
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 also called 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.
The municipality of Vega was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 January 1965, the Skogsholmen area (population: 196) was transferred from Tjøtta to Vega. Then on 1 January 1971, the Skålvær islands (population: 32) in the northeastern part of Vega was transferred to Alstahaug.
The municipality is named after the main island of Vega (Old Norse: Veiga). The name is probably derived from veig which means "liquid" or "fluid" (referring to the lakes and the marshes of the island). The name was written "Vegø" prior to 1891.
The coat-of-arms is from modern times; they were granted on 20 November 1987. The arms show a gold-colored bailer for a boat on a red background. A bailer is an essential tool that is important to the municipality due to its dependence on the sea. An earlier suggestion for the Vega coat-of-arms picturing the black silhouette of a sailing boat on a yellow background is now used as the coat-of-arms of Nordland county.
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