Official Name: | Masfjordnes |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Vestland#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
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: | Nordhordland |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Masfjorden |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 5981 Masfjordnes |
Elevation M: | 2 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Coordinates: | 60.8006°N 5.3044°W |
Masfjordnes is the administrative centre of Masfjorden municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village lies along the southern shore of the Masfjorden, along Norwegian County Road 570. The village is very narrow, occupying the 200m (700feet) wide strip of shoreline between the fjord and the mountains.
The small village is often called Sandnes by the locals since Sandnes Church is located here. There is an 800m (2,600feet) long cable ferry from Masfjordnes to Duesund across the fjord. Masfjordnes is about north of the city of Bergen. There was a factory that dyed cloth and yarn on the west side of Masfjordnes from 1889 until 1954.[2]