Vik Municipality
Vik kommune | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Vestland within Norway | |
 Vik within Vestland | |
| Coordinates: 61°03′25″N 06°34′41″E / 61.05694°N 6.57806°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vestland |
| District | Sogn |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Vikøyri |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019) | Roy Egil Stadheim (Ap) |
| Area | |
• Total | 833.22 km2 (321.71 sq mi) |
| • Land | 794.92 km2 (306.92 sq mi) |
| • Water | 38.30 km2 (14.79 sq mi) 4.6% |
| • Rank | #137 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 2,561 |
| • Rank | #249 in Norway |
| • Density | 3.2/km2 (8/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  −6.2% |
| Demonyms | Vikje (male) Vikja (female)[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-4639[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Vik is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the southern shore of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center of Vik is the village of Vikøyri. Other villages in the municipality include Feios, Fresvik, Nese, and Vangsnes.
The 833-square-kilometre (322 sq mi) municipality is the 137th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Vik is the 249th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,561. The municipality's population density is 3.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.3/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 6.2% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).