Innvik (village)

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Innvik
Innvik (Norway)
Coordinates: 61°51′08″N06°36′54″E / 61.85222°N 6.61500°E / 61.85222; 6.61500 Coordinates: 61°51′08″N06°36′54″E / 61.85222°N 6.61500°E / 61.85222; 6.61500
Country Norway
Region Western Norway
County Sogn og Fjordane
District Nordfjord
Municipality Stryn Municipality
Area [1]
 • Total 0.7 km2 (0.3 sq mi)
Elevation [2] 6 m (20 ft)
Population (2013) [1]
 • Total 453
 • Density 647/km2 (1,680/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code6793 Innvik

Innvik is a village in Stryn Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The village is located on the southern shore of the Nordfjorden. The village is located about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) west of the village of Olden and about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) northeast of the village of Utvik. Directly across the fjord from Innvik lies the village of Roset. [3]

Sogn og Fjordane County (fylke) of Norway

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

Norway constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northwestern Europe whose territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula; the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard are also part of the Kingdom of Norway. The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land.

Nordfjorden (Sogn og Fjordane) fjord in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Nordfjorden is the sixth longest fjord in Norway and the second longest fjord in all of Sogn og Fjordane county. It flows through the municipalities of Stryn, Gloppen, Eid, Bremanger, and Vågsøy, and it is the central feature of the entire Nordfjord region which makes up the northern third of the county.

The village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Innvik, which existed from 1838 until 1965. Innvik Church is located in the village. The 0.7-square-kilometre (170-acre) village has a population (2013) of 453, giving the village a population density of 647 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,680/sq mi). [1]

An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.

Innvik Former Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Innvik is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county in Norway. Innvik is located in the present-day Stryn Municipality, encompassing about the western third of the present municipality. Innvik included both sides of the Nordfjorden, from Randabygda in the west to just west of the village of Stryn. It stretched from the border with Hornindal Municipality in the north, through the Oldedalen valley all the way to the Jostedalsbreen glacier in the south.

Innvik Church Church in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Innvik Church is a parish church in Stryn Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Innvik. The church is part of the Innvik parish in the Nordfjord deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. There has been a church at Innvik since the Middle Ages. The original church was a stave church, but that church eventually needed to be replaced, and then the present church was built. The present church is a white, wooden, octagonal church that was built in 1824 by Elling Olsen Waldboe. The church seats about 350 people.

Name

The name comes from the old Innvik farm (Old Norse: Víkr), since Innvik Church is located there. The old name is identical with the word vík which means "inlet". Over time, the prefix inn- (meaning "inner") was added to distinguish the area from nearby Utvik (meaning "outer" Vik). The name Indviken or the more modern spelling Innvik has been in use since the 15th century. [3] [4]

Old Norse North Germanic language

Old Norse was a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlements from about the 9th to the 13th century.

Inlet An indentation of a shoreline that often leads to an enclosed body of salt water, such as a sound, bay, lagoon, or marsh

An inlet is an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow, such as a small bay or arm, that often leads to an enclosed body of salt water, such as a sound, bay, lagoon, or marsh.

Utvik Village in Western Norway, Norway

Utvik is a village in Stryn Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The village is located on the southern shore of the Nordfjorden. The village lies about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) southwest of the village of Innvik and about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of the village of Byrkjelo. Utvik Church is located in this village. Historically, the village was an important trading post and ferry port with a regular route across the fjord. The ferry was stopped in 1936 when the new road was completed along the Nordfjorden connecting Utvik to the village of Stryn.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2013). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
  2. ↑ "Innvik, Stryn" (in Norwegian). yr.no . Retrieved 2013-10-07.
  3. 1 2 "Innvik i Sogn og Fjordane" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon . Retrieved 2013-10-07.
  4. ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1919). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Bergenhus amt (in Norwegian) (12 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 485.


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