What other towns are in the municipality that used to be named Sørøysund?
Sørøysund Sørøysund is a former municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Hammerfest. The former municipality encompassed the eastern part of the island of Sørøya, the northern part of the island of Seiland, and the northern part of Kvaløya (with the exception of the town of Hammerfest). The administrative centre of Sørøysund was the town of Hammerfest, even though the town was not part of Sørøysund.
Leknes is a town in Nordland county, Norway. The town is also the administrative centre of the municipality of Vestvågøy (with 10,764 inhabitants, it is the most populous municipality in Lofoten and Vesterålen). The 2.37 km2 town has a population (2013) of 3,176. The population density of the town is 1340 PD/km2 . Leknes was designated a "town" (Norwegian: "by" ) in 2002.