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| Missing image Vågå_kart.png Image:Vågå_kart.png | ||
| County | Oppland | |
| Landscape | Gudbrandsdalen | |
| Municipality | NO-0515 | |
| Administrative centre | Vågå | |
| Mayor (2003) | Rune Øygard (Ap) | |
| Official language form | Nynorsk | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage | Ranked 68 1,330 km² 1,253 km² 0.41 % | |
| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density | Ranked 237 3,800 0.08 % -3.2 % 3/km² | |
| Coordinates | Template:Coor dm | |
| www.vaga.kommune.no Data from Statistics Norway (http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/0515) | ||
Vågå is a municipality in the county of Oppland, Norway.
It borders on the north to the municipality of Lesja, in the east to Dovre and Sel, in the southeast to Nord-Fron, in the south to Vang and in the West to Lom.
The Vågå community lies in a mountainous region just to the north of Norway's Jotunheimen National Park, east of Rondane National Park and south of The Dovrefjell mountains. Vågå includes a mountain road to the top of Jetta (1618 meters) which provides an unobstructed view of both the Gudbrandsdal Valley and the surrounding national parks.
In Vågå one also finds a historic stave church, later converted to a cruciform church in 1625.
History
1130 - Ivar Gjesling the earliest-known owner of Sandbu, was King Magnus IV's lendmann for the Opplands. Sigrid Undset's fictional Lady Ragnfrid, wife of Lavrans, was created a Gjesling from Sandbu.
1177 Ivar Gjesling, allied himself with the Birchlegs (Birkebeinerne) — who chose Sverre as their king at Øreting in 1177. Sverre granted him the valley of Heidal.
References
East Norway and its Frontier by Frank Noel Stagg, George Allen and Unvin, Ltd., 1956.
| Municipalities of Oppland | Missing image Oppland_vapen.png Oppland coat of arms |
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Dovre | Etnedal | Gausdal | Gjøvik | Gran | Jevnaker | Lesja | Lillehammer | Lom | Lunner | Nord-Aurdal | Nord-Fron | Nordre Land | Ringebu | Sel | Skjåk | Søndre Land | Sør-Aurdal | Sør-Fron | Vang | Vestre Slidre | Vestre Toten | Vågå | Østre Toten | Øyer | Øystre Slidre | |