Stongfjorden

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Stongfjorden
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Stongfjorden
Stongfjorden (Norway)
Coordinates: 61°25′39″N05°10′02″E / 61.42750°N 5.16722°E / 61.42750; 5.16722 Coordinates: 61°25′39″N05°10′02″E / 61.42750°N 5.16722°E / 61.42750; 5.16722
Country Norway
Region Western Norway
County Sogn og Fjordane
District Sunnfjord
Municipality Askvoll Municipality
Elevation [1] 4 m (13 ft)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code6984 Stongfjorden

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.

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.

Askvoll (village) Village in Western Norway, Norway

Askvoll is the administrative centre of Askvoll Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The village is located on the western coast of the mainland, just north of the mouth of the Dalsfjorden in the Sunnfjord region of the county. The village lies about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) west of the village of Holmedal and about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of the village of Stongfjorden. The island of Atløyna lies a couple kilometres west of the village of Askvoll.

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References

  1. "Stongfjorden" (in Norwegian). yr.no . Retrieved 2013-12-05.