Tangstad

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Tangstad
Tangstad (Norway)
Coordinates: 68°14′32″N13°38′46″E / 68.24222°N 13.64611°E / 68.24222; 13.64611 Coordinates: 68°14′32″N13°38′46″E / 68.24222°N 13.64611°E / 68.24222; 13.64611
Country Norway
Region Northern Norway
County Nordland
District Lofoten
Municipality Vestvågøy
Elevation [1] 20 m (70 ft)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code8360 Bøstad

Tangstad is a village in the municipality of Vestvågøy in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on the northwestern side of the island of Vestvågøya, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) west of Bøstad and about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of the town of Leknes.

Vestvågøy Municipality in Nordland, Norway

Vestvågøy is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Lofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Leknes. Some of the villages in the municipality include Ballstad, Borg, Bøstad, Gravdal, Knutstad, Stamsund, and Tangstad. With over 11,300 inhabitants, Vestvågøy is the most populous municipality in all of the Lofoten and Vesterålen regions in Nordland county.

Nordland County (fylke) of Norway

Nordland is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. The county administration is in Bodø. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen has been administered from Nordland since 1995.

Norway constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northwestern Europe whose territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula; the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard are also part of the Kingdom of Norway. The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land.

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References

  1. "Tangstad" (in Norwegian). yr.no . Retrieved 2012-07-06.