Nordvik, Vestland Explained

Official Name:Nordvik
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Vestland#Norway
Pushpin Label Position:top
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:Midthordland
Subdivision Type4:Municipalities
Subdivision Name4:Bergen and Bjørnafjorden
Utc Offset1:+01:00
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02:00
Postal Code Type:Post Code
Postal Code:5243 Fana
Coordinates:60.2342°N 5.3578°W
Elevation M:46
Elevation Footnotes:[1]

Nordvik is a village area in Vestland county, Norway. The village lies on a municipal border, with the bulk of its area located in Bergen Municipality, but extending over the border into neighboring Bjørnafjorden Municipality. In 2008, the population of the 0.42km2 Nordvik urban area was 429, of which 383 people live in Bergen and 46 lived in what is now Bjørnafjorden. At that time the urban area had a population density of .[2] Separate statistics for the village are no longer tracked by Statistics Norway since it is now considered part of the Søvik urban area in Bjørnafjorden rather than a distinct urban area.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nordvik, Bergen (Vestland). yr.no. 2020-06-11.
  2. Statistics Norway . Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality. 1 January 2008 . 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081222025013/http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/01/10/beftett_en/tab-2008-06-20-01-en.html . 22 December 2008 .