Official Name: | Ryfoss |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Innlandet#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Innlandet |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Valdres |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Vang Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 2973 Ryfoss |
Coordinates: | 61.1384°N 8.8222°W |
Elevation M: | 407 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Ryfoss is a village in Vang Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the river Storåne, just west of the lake Slidrefjorden. The European route E16 highway runs through the village, heading west through the Filefjell mountains on the way to the west coast of Norway. The medieval Høre Stave Church is located about to the northwest of the village and the village of Hænsgardane lies about to the northwest of Ryfoss. The village has some industry, including a sawmill, a concrete goods factory, as well as a small shopping centre.[2]