Vangsnes Church

Vangsnes Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vik Municipality in Vestland county, . It is located in the village of . It is the church for the Vangsnes parish which is part of the Sogn prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Lutheran
  • Description: church building in Vik, Norway

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Feios and Balestrand.

Village
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is a village in Vik Municipality in Vestland county, . The village is located on the southern shore of the Sognefjorden, about 8 kilometres southeast of the village of and about 17 kilometres northwest of the village of . is situated 6 km east of Vangsnes Church.

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is a former municipality in the old county, . The 429-square-kilometre municipality existed from 1850 until its dissolution in 2020.

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is a village of 1200 people on the south side of the . 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

Latitude
61.16986° or 61° 10′ 12″ north
Longitude
6.64165° or 6° 38′ 30″ east
Elevation
55 metres (180 feet)
Inception
1861
Operator
Vik kyrkjelege fellesråd
Open location code
9FH85J9R+WM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 557505470
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­lutheran
Geo­Names ID
8532141
Wiki­data ID
Q12008960
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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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