Vågsvåg is a village in
Kinn Municipality
Kinn is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It was established on 1 January 2020. It is in the traditional districts of Nordfjord and Sunnfjord. The municipality is the only non-contiguous municipality in Norway since the municipality of ...
in
Vestland
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county,
Norway
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. It is located on the southern shore of the island of
Vågsøy
Vågsøy is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The municipality's administrative center was the town Måløy. Other population centers in Vågsøy included ...
along the Vågsfjorden, a part of the main
Nordfjorden. The village looks across the fjord towards the island of
Husevågøy
Husevågøy is an island in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island is mountainous with few trees. The island lies in the mouth of the Nordfjorden, between the islands of Vågsøy and Bremangerlandet. In 2018, there were abo ...
.
Vågsvåg is located about northwest of the village of
Holvika, and about west of the town of
Måløy
Måløy () is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in the List of municipalities of Norway, municipality of Kinn in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the southeastern side of the Vågsøy (island), island of Vågsøy, about northea ...
. The
Hendanes Lighthouse lies about north of Vågsvåg.
The village has a population (2018) of 204 and a
population density
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of .
References
Villages in Vestland
Kinn
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