Official Name: | Ervik |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Vestland#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Vestland |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Western Norway |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Vestland |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Nordfjord |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Stad Municipality |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 6750 Stadlandet |
Coordinates: | 62.166°N 5.1234°W |
Elevation M: | 11 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Ervik is a village in Stad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the northwestern tip of the Stadlandet peninsula, about northwest of the village of Selje, and about northwest of the village of Leikanger. The village sits at the southern base of the 497m (1,631feet) mountain plateau, Kjerringa which forms a cliff that plunges almost vertically into the ocean at the northwestern end of the peninsula. It is one of the westernmost villages in mainland Norway.
Ervik Church is located in the village. There is a memorial at the church for the people who died when was bombed by Allied aircraft and sank off the coast of Ervik.
The village has a grocery store, kindergarten, and small school. The residents of Ervik work mostly with fishing and farming (mostly cattle, sheep, and goat farming). There is also a large beach area in the small bay along the coast of Ervik.