Official Name: | Kyrkjebø |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Vestland#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Western Norway |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Vestland |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Sogn |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Høyanger Municipality |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.28 |
Population As Of: | 2019 |
Population Total: | 269 |
Population Density Km2: | 961 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 6995 Kyrkjebø |
Elevation M: | 20 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Coordinates: | 61.1633°N 5.9047°W |
Kyrkjebø (historically: Kirkebø) is a village in Høyanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden, about halfway between the small Vadheimsfjorden and Høyangsfjorden arms which branch off the main fjord. The village sits about to the west of the village of Austreim, about to the southwest of the village of Høyanger (the municipal centre), and southeast of the village of Vadheim, where the European route E39 highway passes through the municipality.[2]
The 0.28km2 village has a population (2019) of 269 and a population density of .[3]
The village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Kyrkjebø which existed from 1858 until its dissolution in 1964.
The village is named after the old Kirkebø farm, since Kyrkjebø Church was located there. The first element of the name is identical with the name for "church", and the second element of the name is identical with the word for "farm". It was named this because it was the farm where the church was located. From 1890 until 1917 the name was spelled Kirkebø (using the Bokmål spelling) and then in 1917 it was changed to Kyrkjebø (using the Nynorsk spelling).[4]