Norway
Western Norway
Gulen

Byrknes

Byrknes is a fishing village in Gulen Municipality in Vestland county, . It is located on the western shore of the island of . It is about 16 kilometres southwest of the municipal center of , about 17 kilometres west of the village…
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  • Type: Village with 289 residents
  • Description: settlement in Gulen Municipality, Norway
  • Also known as: “Byrknesøy”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Byrknesøy kapell.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church.

Byrknes

Latitude
60.89922° or 60° 53′ 57″ north
Longitude
4.83769° or 4° 50′ 16″ east
Population
289
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
9FG6VRXQ+M3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6219460041
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3159547
Wiki­data ID
Q1780475
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Satellite Map

Discover Byrknes from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Byrknes” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Byrknes”
  • Danish: “Byrknes”
  • Dutch: “Byrknes”
  • Finnish: “Byrknes”
  • French: “Byrknes”
  • Javanese: “Byrknes”
  • Malay: “Byrknes”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Byrknes”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Byrknes”
  • Norwegian: “Byrknes”
  • Romanian: “Byrknes”
  • Spanish: “Byrknes”
  • Swedish: “Byrknes”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Nordre Byrknes and Grima.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Byrknesøy post i butikk and Byrknes brannstasjon.

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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 “Byrknes”. Photo: Gunnarbu, Public domain.