Other Name: | Vågehamn |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Nordland#Norway |
Pushpin Label: | Våge |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Nordland |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Ofoten |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Lødingen Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 8412 Vestbygd |
Coordinates: | 68.3473°N 15.5102°W |
Elevation M: | 13 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
or [2] (or historically Vågehamn) is a village in Lødingen Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located in the Vestbygd area on the southern shore of the island of Hinnøya along the inner part of the Vestfjorden. It is located about by car southwest of the main village of Lødingen. The villages of Ytterstad and Offersøya are both located about to the southeast.
Våge is the commercial centre of the western part of Lødingen Municipality, known as Vestbygd. The village is the site of Vestbygd Church along with a school, day care, swimming pool, library, sports facilities, care home for the elderly, community center, small harbor, home improvement workshop, cheese factory, hardware store, and convenience store.