Vestvågøy

Vestvågøy  is an island and a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Lofoten traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Leknes.Vestvågøy was created as a new municipality on 1 January 1963 after the merger of the old municipalities of Borge, Buksnes, Hol, and Valberg. With its 10,813 inhabitants, it is the most populous in the regions of Lofoten and Vesterålen.The Lofotr museum in Borg, Vestvågøy shows a reconstructed Iron Age chieftain's residence, with a house measuring 80 metres (262 ft), built of stone and turf.