is a town in Nordland county, Norway. The town is also the administrative centre of the municipality of Vestvågøy. Leknes was designated a "town" in 2002. The 2.52-square-kilometre (620-acre) town has a population (2018) of 3,556 which gives the town a population density of 1,411 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,650/sq mi).
View of Leknes in winter (Bulitinden and Guratinden mountains in background)
Main street of Leknes by night
Leknes in winter: view towards Skottinden
Gravdal, which together with Fygle have grown together with Leknes, in reality a town of 4,200 inhabitants.
Nordland is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to the south-east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. The county administration is in the town of Bodø. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen has been administered from Nordland since 1995. In the southern part of the county is Vega, listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.
Ballstad in Lofoten
Autumn near Trollfjord in Hadsel. Nordland is home to innumerable fjords and fjord branches.
The majority of the population is located at the Strandflaten lowland. Berg in Sømna.
The largest rivers follow the longest inland valleys. Ranelva at the confluence with Langvassåga, Rana.
