Svelgen
Sign in to saveSvelgen is the administrative centre of Bremanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located at the eastern end of the Nordgulen fjord and at the mouth of the Svelgselva river. The Bortne Tunnel is located about north of the village, connecting it to the northern parts of the municipality. Svelgen Chapel is the local church—part of the national Church of Norway.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Svelgen is referenced by 18 other articles, and connects out to Norway, time zone and geographic coordinate system.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Administrative centres of municipalities of Norway, Bremanger Municipality and Geography articles needing translation from Norwegian Wikipedia.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Svelgen
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Svelgen Samfunnshus.jpg
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 11
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- village
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Vestland#Norway
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Norway
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Western Norway
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Vestland
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Nordfjord
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Bremanger Municipality
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 1095
- Area
- 0.99
- Elevation
- 2
- Image
- Svelgen Samfunnshus.jpg
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- Svelgen
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Svelgen is the administrative centre of Bremanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located at the eastern end of the Nordgulen fjord and at the mouth of the Svelgselva river. The Bortne Tunnel is located about north of the village, connecting it to the northern parts of the municipality. Svelgen Chapel is the local church—part of the national Church of Norway.
The village has a population (2024) of 1,106 and a population density of .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Svelgen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations