Sogndal
Sogndal Municipality
Sogndal kommune | |
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Sogndal by night | |
Vestland within Norway | |
Sogndal within Vestland | |
| Coordinates: 61°14′32″N 07°03′18″E / 61.24222°N 7.05500°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vestland |
| District | Sogn |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Hermansverk/Leikanger |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Stig Ove Ølmheim (Ap) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,257.85 km2 (485.66 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,229.17 km2 (474.59 sq mi) |
| • Water | 28.67 km2 (11.07 sq mi) 2.3% |
| • Rank | #84 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 12,198 |
| • Rank | #96 in Norway |
| • Density | 9.9/km2 (26/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +10.2% |
| Demonym | Systrening |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk Sognamål (dialect) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-4640 |
| Website | Official website |
Sogndal is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The village of Hermansverk/Leikanger is the administrative center of Sogndal municipality. Other villages include Kaupanger, Kjørnes, Fimreite, Nornes, and Fjærland. Sogndal Airport, Haukåsen is located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) southwest of Kaupanger. The most populated settlement in the municipality is Sogndalsfjøra.
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 1,258-square-kilometre (486 sq mi) municipality is the 84th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Sogndal is the 96th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 12,198. The municipality's population density is 9.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (26/sq mi) and its population has increased by 10.2% over the previous 10-year period.