Sagvåg Explained

Official Name:Sagvåg
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:Stord
Utc Offset1:+01:00
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02:00
Area Total Km2:2.61
Population As Of:2019
Population Total:3,419
Population Density Km2:1310
Postal Code Type:Post Code
Postal Code:5410 Sagvåg
Elevation M:38
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Coordinates:59.7814°N 5.3897°W

Sagvåg is a village in Stord municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the southwest coast of the island of Stord, about west of the town of Leirvik. The Stord Airport, Sørstokken lies about northwest of Sagvåg. Nysæter Church was built here in 1991 to serve the population of the village. The small mining village of Litlabø lies just northeast of Sagvåg.[2]

The 2.61km2 village has a population (2019) of 3,419 and a population density of .[3] This makes it Sunnhordland's second largest community, after the nearby town of Leirvik.

Wärtsilä Norway AS has a factory in Sagvåg, producing automation systems for the marine industry. The harbour of Sagvåg is noted to be excellent for visiting leisure boats. There was considerable shipbuilding activities in Sagvåg up until the 1960s, building wooden fishing and whaling vessels. Prior to the Triangle Link bridges and tunnel in 2001, Sagvåg was a ferry port with regular ferry routes connecting Stord and Bømlo to the west.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sagvåg, Stord (Hordaland). yr.no. Norwegian. 2015-02-04.
  2. Web site: Sagvåg. Store norske leksikon. Store norske leksikon. Norwegian. 2015-02-04.
  3. Web site: Statistisk sentralbyrå . Statistics Norway . 1 January 2019 . Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality .