Gimsøy
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Gimsøy is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It consisted mainly of the island Gimsøya, which is located in Lofoten between Austvågøya and Vestvågøya.
The municipality was created by a split from Vågan in 1856. At that time Gimsøy had a population of 987.
On 1 January 1964 Gimsøy was reunited with Vågan. Prior to the merger Gimsøy had a population of 1.551.
[edit] References
- Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen".
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