Kvammen

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Kvammen
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Kvammen
Kvammen (Norway)
Coordinates: 61°27′55″N05°25′09″E / 61.46528°N 5.41917°E / 61.46528; 5.41917 Coordinates: 61°27′55″N05°25′09″E / 61.46528°N 5.41917°E / 61.46528; 5.41917
Country Norway
Region Western Norway
County Sogn og Fjordane
District Sunnfjord
Municipality Askvoll Municipality
Elevation [1] 44 m (144 ft)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code6983 Kvammen

Kvammen is a small village located on the south side of the Førdefjorden in Askvoll Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of the village of Dale and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) northeast of the municipal center of Askvoll. The town of Førde and access to the European route E39 highway is 27 kilometres (17 mi) east of Kvammen. The smaller village of Stongfjorden lies about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) to the west.

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 Northern 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.

Dale, Sogn og Fjordane Village in Western Norway, Norway

Dale or Dale i Sunnfjord is the administrative centre of the municipality of Fjaler in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The village is located at the mouth of the river Vassdalselva on the southern shore of the Dalsfjorden in the northern part of Fjaler, about 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) northeast of the village of Flekke and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of the village of Bygstad.

Historically, this area of Askvoll was part of the old Vevring municipality. The village of Indrevevring lies just to the north on the other side of the fjord. Kvammen Chapel is located in this village.

Vevring Former municipality in Western Norway, Norway

Vevring is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. It encompassed the land surrounding the western part of the Førdefjorden on both the north and south shores of the fjord. It stretched from the Ålasundet strait in the east to the mouth of the fjord in the west and from the Steindalen valley in the north to the mountains south of the fjord. The municipality was 120 square kilometres (46 sq mi) in 1964 when it was dissolved.

Indrevevring Village in Western Norway, Norway

Indrevevring is a village in Naustdal Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The village is located on the northern shore of the Førdefjorden, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of the village of Stavang and about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northwest of the village of Helle. The village of Kvammen lies directly south, across the fjord. The village of Indrevevring had a population (2001) of 143 residents.

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Holmedal Village in Western Norway, Norway

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Stongfjorden Village in Western Norway, Norway

Stongfjorden is a village in Askvoll Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The village is located at the head of the Stongfjord, about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northeast of the village of Askvoll and about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southwest of the village of Kvammen. The village is an industrial area that was home to the first aluminum manufacturing plant in Scandinavia, Stangfjorden Elektrokemiske Fabriker from 1908 to 1946. The Stongfjorden Chapel is located in the village.

References

  1. "Kvammen, Askvoll" (in Norwegian). yr.no . Retrieved 2013-12-02.