Ballstad is a village in Vestvågøy Municipality in

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county,

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. It is located on a small island off the southwestern tip of the island of Vestvågøya in the

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. It is one of the largest

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s in Lofoten. Vestvagoya-skottinden-winter

Ballstad is a coastal village situated near the mouth of Buksnesfjorden, where it meets Vestfjorden. The mountain Skottinden lies just west of the village and the village of Gravdal lies about to the north and the town of Leknes lies just north of Gravdal. The village has a population (2023) of 848 and a

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of .

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Vestvågøy Villages in Nordland Populated places of Arctic Norway {{nordland-geo-stub