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Sogndal Airport is situated in the heights of the Haukåsen in Sogndal, situated 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) from Kaupanger and 20 kilometers (12 mi) from Sogndalsfjæra. It is the sole airport serving the district of Sogn. [7] It has a reference elevation of 498 meters (1,366 ft) above mean sea level, [1] on a ledge close to the Sognefjord. [7]
Oslo Airport, Gardermoen is the busiest airport in Norway. Norway has 98 airports which are certified or have been designated an International Civil Aviation Organization airport code (ICAO code). [1] Forty-eight airports facilitate public flights, including one heliport, Værøy Heliport. [2]
This urban area is often called Systrond, which is why a person from Leikanger is often called Systrending. The 180-square-kilometre (69 sq mi) municipality is the 342nd largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Leikanger is the 302nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,331.
The seabed in Sognefjord is covered by some 200-metre-thick (660 ft) sediments such that the bedrock is some 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) below sea level. The fjord is up to six kilometres (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 mi) wide. [9] The average width of the main branch of the Sognefjord is less than five kilometres (3 mi).
Kviknes Hotel is a hotel, located by the Sognefjord in Sogndal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The hotel has 195 rooms in total which are divided between two buildings. The historic building was completed in 1913 and has 25 rooms, while the building from the 1960s contains 165 rooms.
Sogndal Airport, Haukåsen is located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) southwest of Kaupanger. The Norwegian dialect spoken in Sogndal is called sognamål . In 1917, a farmer in Sogndal (Kato Linde) plowed up the Eggja stone , a gravestone with runic inscriptions important for the history of the Old Norse language.
The Fjærlandfjorden is a branch going north off the Sognefjorden, the longest fjord in Norway. The village area is located about 31 kilometres (19 mi) northwest of the municipal center of Sogndalsfjøra , along the Norwegian National Road 5 .
Hermansverk is the administrative centre of Sogndal Municipality in Vestland County, Norway.The village serves as the seat of the County Governor of Vestland County. [3]Before 2020, the village served as the administrative centre of both the municipality of Leikanger and also Sogn og Fjordane county (although the county capital is usually referred to as Leikanger, not Hermansverk).