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    separate municipalities: Nord-Vågsøy (population: 1,111), Sør-Vågsøy (population: 1,517), and Selje (population: 3,367). Nord-Vågsøy included the northern half...
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    the island: Nord-Vågsøy Church in Raudeberg and Sør-Vågsøy Church in Måløy. View of the Refvik beach Looking north, Måløy on Vågsøy island is to the left...
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    old Vågsøy Municipality. Måløy was founded as a trading center on the small island of Moldøen, or Måløya, on the Ulvesundet strait between Vågsøy island...
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    Stryn (Innvik) Stårheim Sulen, see Solund Svanøy Svelgen Sæle Sør-VågsøySør-Vågsøy Tjugum (Balestrand) Totland Tønjum Undredal Urnes Utvik Vangen Vangsnes...
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    spelled Holevik) is a small village on the south side of the island of Vågsøy in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is situated along the...
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    Operations raid during World War II against German positions on the island of Vågsøy, Norway, on 27 December 1941. British Commandos of No. 3 Commando, two troops...
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    1964, and it encompassed the northern part of the island of Vågsøy. The area of Nord-Vågsøy now makes up the northern part of the present-day Kinn Municipality...
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    of No. 3 Commando in Operation Archery, a raid on the German garrison at Vågsøy, Norway, on 27 December 1941.: 41  As the ramps fell on the first landing...
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    municipalities of Sør-Vågsøy and Nord-Vågsøy. Sør-Vågsøy had an initial population of 1,517. On 1 July 1921, the Blesrød farm in Nord-Vågsøy (just north of Måløy)...
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    The coat of arms of Vågsøy is an official symbol for Vågsøy Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The coat of arms depicts two rudders in silver...
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