Vangsnes Church
Vangsnes Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vik Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vangsnes. It is the church for the Vangsnes parish which is part of the Sogn prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.Photo: Vinguru, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: church building in Vik, Norway
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Feios and Balestrand.
Feios
Village
Photo: Eirik Solheim, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Feios is a village in Vik Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the southern shore of the Sognefjorden, about 8 kilometres southeast of the village of Vangsnes and about 17 kilometres northwest of the village of Fresvik. Feios is situated 6 km east of Vangsnes Church.
Balestrand
Photo: Nelson Minar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balestrand is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The 429-square-kilometre municipality existed from 1850 until its dissolution in 2020.
Vikøyri
Photo: Iz48, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vikøyri is a village of 1200 people on the south side of the Sognefjorden. The medieval churches Hove Church and Hopperstad Stave Church, as well as Vik Church from 1877, are located here. It is the administrative center of the municipality of Vik.
Vangsnes Church
- Categories: cultural property, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Vik, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
61.16986° or 61° 10′ 12″ northLongitude
6.64165° or 6° 38′ 30″ eastElevation
55 metres (180 feet)Inception
1861Operator
Vik kyrkjelege fellesrådOpen location code
9FH85J9R+WMOpenStreetMap ID
way 557505470OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheran
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Vangsnes Church” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Vangsnes Kirke”
- Finnish: “Vangsnesin kirkko”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vangsnes kirke”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vangsnes kirkested”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vangsnes kyrkje”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vangsnes kyrkje”
- Norwegian: “Vangsnes kirke”
- Norwegian: “Vangsnes”
- Swedish: “Vangsnes kyrka”
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