Vikøyri is the administrative center of the municipality of Vik in Vestland county, Norway . The village is located at the mouth of the Vikja river on the south shore of the Sognefjorden , roughly near the midpoint of Norway's longest fjord. The village lies along Norwegian National Road 13 which leads north to the ferry to Balestrand and south to the village of Vossevangen . The 1.37-square-kilometre (340-acre) village has a population (2019) of 1,245 and a population density of 909 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,350/sq mi).
7-453: Vikøyri sits about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) south of the village of Balestrand (across the fjord), about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of the village of Arnafjord . To the north and west of Vikøyri lie the villages of Vangsnes , Feios , and Fresvik . Vikøyri is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northwest of the Fresvikbreen glacier and about 26 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of
14-524: Is also located in the village, although it is much newer (built in 1877) and it is the main church for the municipality. This Vestland location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Balestrand (village) Balestrand (locally called Holmen ) is a village in Sogndal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway . The village is located on the northern shore of
21-406: Is located there, serving the people of the village of Balestrand. The 1.06-square-kilometre (260-acre) village has a population (2019) of 824 and a population density of 777 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,010/sq mi). The village was the administrative centre of the old Balestrand Municipality until 2020. It is also a major tourist stop since the 1800s with several hotels including
28-575: The Kviknes Hotel . The Sognefjord Aquarium and The Norwegian Museum of Travel and Tourism are located in the village. There are ferry routes each summer from Balestrand to the Fjærlandsfjorden and to the village of Flåm . There is also fast boat service from Balestrand to the city of Bergen . Balholm AS, a fruit juice processing company is based in Balestrand. The compounded name Balestrand
35-581: The Sognefjorden , at the mouth of the small Esefjorden . It sits about 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of the village area of Leikanger - Hermansverk and about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) northwest of the village of Vangsnes (on the southern shore of the Sognefjorden). The small village of Tjugum lies less than 700 metres (2,300 ft) north of Balestrand, across the Esefjorden. The local Tjugum Church
42-568: The big lake Holskardvatnet . Vikøyri is the site of one of the Tine cheese factories. It is the only factory in the world that produces gammelost , a unique Norwegian cheese. The village also has the only prison in Sogn og Fjordane . There are also two medieval churches on the south side of the village: Hove Church (built c. 1170) and the Hopperstad Stave Church (built c. 1140). Vik Church
49-465: Was created by the Norwegian writer Henrik Wergeland as he traveled in Sogn in 1832 and wrote the poem "Framnæs-Balestrand". The first element is the name of the old farm Bale ( Old Norse : Bali ) and the last element is "strand" ( Old Norse : strönd ) which means " beach ". The name of the farm is identical with the word bali which means "hillside along a beach". Historically, the village area
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