Official Name: | Vedvik |
Other Name: | Vedvika |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Vestland#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Western Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Vestland |
Subdivision Name3: | Nordfjord |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Kinn Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Total: | 156 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 6710 Raudeberg |
Coordinates: | 62.013°N 5.0955°W |
Elevation M: | 18 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Vedvik or Vedvika is a village in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the north side of the island of Vågsøy, about northeast of the village of Refvika, west of Langenes, and about north of Raudeberg. The population (2001) of Vedvik is 156.[2]
Historically, Vedvik was an agricultural village focusing on milk production and sheep, but today most residents commute to Raudeberg or Måløy to work. There is still some farming, but now it is mostly cattle.