Kaupanger
Kaupanger is a village situated along the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in Sogndal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It sits along the Norwegian National Road 5, about 12 kilometres southeast of the village of Sogndalsfjøra and about 8 kilometres northeast of the Sogndal Airport, Haukåsen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Kaupanger Stave Church and Heiberg Collection, Sogn Folk Museum.
Kaupanger Stave Church
Church
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kaupanger Stave Church is the largest stave church in Vestland county, Norway. It is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sogndal Municipality and it is located in the village of Kaupanger, on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden.
Heiberg Collection, Sogn Folk Museum
Museum
Photo: Sigrunespe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Heiberg Collection, Sogn Folk Museum is situated 4 km northwest of Kaupanger.
Kaupanger 3 power station
Industrial building
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kaupanger 3 power station is an industrial building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sogndalsfjøra.
Sogndalsfjøra
Town
Sogndalsfjøra or Sogndal is a large village in Sogndal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located where the river Sogndalselvi runs out in the Sogndalsfjorden, a branch of the large Sognefjorden. Sogndalsfjøra is situated 9 km northwest of Kaupanger.
Kaupanger
- Type: Village with 1,170 residents
- Description: settlement in Sogndal Municipality, Norway
- Categories: urban area in Norway and locality
- Location: Sogndal, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
61.1842° or 61° 11′ 3″ northLongitude
7.24497° or 7° 14′ 42″ eastPopulation
1,170Elevation
240 metres (787 feet)United Nations Location Code
NO KPGOpen location code
9FH956MV+MXOpenStreetMap ID
node 497910067OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Kaupanger” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Каупангер”
- Cebuano: “Kaupanger”
- Danish: “Kaupanger”
- Dutch: “Kaupanger”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كاوپانجير”
- Finnish: “Kaupanger”
- French: “Kaupanger”
- German: “Kaupanger”
- Italian: “Kaupanger”
- Latin: “Kaupanger”
- Malay: “Kaupanger”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kaupanger”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kaupanger”
- Norwegian: “Kaupanger”
- Romanian: “Kaupanger”
- Spanish: “Kaupanger”
- Swedish: “Kaupanger”
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