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Nordland
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1815
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Helgeland
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Vega
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Einar Silseth ( Sp )
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2003
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355
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163
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2004
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382
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1,380
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003
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9
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-75
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Bokmål
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wwwvegakommuneno
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is a
Municipality in the
County of
Nordland ,
Norway which comprises 6,500 islands of the
Vega Archipelago . Its
Coat Of Arms of
1987 symbolizes one of the seaman's most important tools, the bailor.
Early settlements on the main island dates back 10,000 years, making it one of the oldest places of inhabitance in
Northern Norway .
Agriculture and
Fishing are, then as now, key fields of labour. Today's inhabitants are concentrated in
Holand ,
Valla ,
Igerøy and
Gladstad , the latter being the location of the municipal
Government and most of the island's commerce.
In
2004 , the archipelago's
Cultural Landscape was inscribed by
UNESCO on the
World Heritage List as representative of "the way generations of fishermen/farmers have, over the past 1500 years, maintained a sustainable living in an inhospitable seascape near the
Arctic Circle , based on the now unique practice of
Eider Down harvesting."
