Official Name: | Langevåg |
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 Name1: | Western Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Vestland |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Sunnhordland |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Bømlo |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 1.21 |
Population As Of: | 2019 |
Population Total: | 758 |
Population Density Km2: | 626 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 5443 Bømlo |
Elevation M: | 3 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Coordinates: | 59.6019°N 5.2081°W |
Langevåg is a village in Bømlo municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the southern tip of the island of Bømlo, along the Bømlafjorden. It lies in the far southern part of the municipality, about south of the village of Lykling. The 1.21km2 village has a population (2019) of 758 and a population density of . This makes it the fourth largest village in the municipality.[2]
Norwegian County Road 541 goes through the village and ends at a ferry port that has a regular connection to the village of Buavåg in the municipality of Sveio across the fjord. The village is a historic church site with the Old Bømlo Church (from the 1600s) and the new Bømlo Church (from 1960) both being located here.[3] The Langevåg Bygdetun community centre opened in 2005.