Kyrkjebø (village) explained

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.

Name

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kyrkjebø, Høyanger. yr.no. Norwegian. 2014-01-18.
  2. Web site: Kyrkjebø tettsted i Høyanger. Store norske leksikon. Store norske leksikon. Norwegian. 2014-01-18.
  3. Web site: Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality . 1 January 2019. Statistics Norway. Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  4. Web site: Store norske leksikon. Norwegian. Kyrkjebø – tidl. kommune. 2009-12-15. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120929132512/http://snl.no/Kyrkjeb%C3%B8/tidl._kommune. 2012-09-29.