Reksta
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Reksta is an island in the municipality of Flora
Flora, Norway
Flora is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative centre is the village of Florø, which was founded in 1860, has 8,448 inhabitants . The Eikefjord area, which is the second largest place in Flora, has about...

 in Sogn og Fjordane
Sogn og Fjordane
is a county in Norway, bordering Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland. The county administration is in the town of Hermansverk in Leikanger municipality while the largest town is Førde....

 country, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It lies about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of the town of Florø
Florø
is a town and the administrative centre of Flora municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is also a former municipality that existed for just over 100 years. The town was founded on the Florelandet island between the Botnafjorden and Solheimsfjorden by royal decree in 1860. In...

, about 600 metres (1,968.5 ft) east of the island of Kinn
Kinn
Kinn is a small island west of the town of Florø in the municipality of Flora, Norway. The island lies about west of the neighboring island of Reksta and the village of Rognaldsvåg, which is the main population center for the area...

, and about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of the island of Askrova
Askrova
Askrova is an island in the municipality of Flora in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the mouth of the Førdefjorden about southwest of the town of Florø and about the same distance southeast of the island of Reksta. The population of the island was 143, with most residents...

. Most of the inhabitants on Reksta live on the west side in and around the small fishing village of Rognaldsvåg
Rognaldsvåg
Rognaldsvåg is a fishing village in the municipality of Flora in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located on the western end of the island of Reksta, about east of the island of Kinn. The town of Florø is to the east and the island of Askrova is to the southeast....

. The population of the island (2001) is 144.
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