Norway
Western Norway
Alver Municipality

Knarvik

Knarvik is the administrative centre of in Vestland county, . The village is located on the mainland, about 20 km straight north of Bergen at the confluence of four fjords: , Sørfjorden, , and the .
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  • Type: Town with 6,690 residents
  • Description: settlement in Alver Municipality, Norway
  • Also known as: “Knarrvik” and “Knarrviki”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Knarvik church and Knarvik Upper Secondary School.

Church
Photo: 3s, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a of the Church of Norway in in Vestland county, . It is located in the village of Knarvik. It is one of the four churches for the Knarvik parish which is part of the Nordhordland prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.

School
Photo: Reinhardheydt, Public domain.
is a high school located on Knarvik in Lindås, 30 km north of in . The school is one of the largest in , with over 950 pupils and about 150 employees.

Church
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is a of the Church of Norway in Osterøy Municipality in Vestland county, . It is located in the village of . It is the church for the Hamre parish which is part of the Åsane prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. is situated 3½ km east of Knarvik.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alversund and Hylkje.

Village
Photo: B Ystebo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in Alver municipality in Vestland county, . The village is located on the mainland of the Lindås peninsula, along the shore of the strait. is situated 4 km northwest of Knarvik.

Village
is a village in the borough of in the municipality of in Vestland county, . The village lies in the northeastern part of the municipality, along the Sørfjorden. is situated 5 km southeast of Knarvik.

Village
Photo: Jpfagerback, BSD.
is a small village in the eastern part of municipality in Vestland county, . The village lies along the Byfjorden on the eastern shore of the island of . is situated 8 km southwest of Knarvik.

Knarvik

Latitude
60.54615° or 60° 32′ 46″ north
Longitude
5.2854° or 5° 17′ 7″ east
Population
6,690
Elevation
36 metres (118 feet)
Open location code
9FG7G7WP+F5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 35487217
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3149720
Wiki­data ID
Q1016083
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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Swedish—“Knarvik” goes by many names.
  • Bavarian: “Knarvik”
  • Cebuano: “Knarvik”
  • Danish: “Knarvik”
  • Dutch: “Knarvik”
  • Finnish: “Knarvik”
  • French: “Knarvik”
  • German: “Knarvik”
  • Italian: “Knarvik”
  • Javanese: “Knarrviki”
  • Malay: “Knarrviki”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Knarrviki”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Knarvik”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Knarvik”
  • Norwegian: “Knarrevik”
  • Norwegian: “Knarvik”
  • Romanian: “Knarvik”
  • Slovenian: “Knarvik”
  • Spanish: “Knarvik”
  • Swedish: “Knarvik”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Knarvik”. Photo: Chrtau, CC BY-SA 3.0.