Borgund Municipality
Borgund is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The 569-square-kilometre municipality existed from 1864 until its dissolution in 1964.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Village with 100 residents
- Description: former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
- Also known as: “Borgund kommune”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Borgund Stave Church and Borgund Church.
Borgund Municipality
- Categories: former municipality of Norway and locality
- Location: Lærdal, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
61.04869° or 61° 2′ 55″ north
Longitude
7.81342° or 7° 48′ 48″ east
Population
100
Elevation
497 metres (1,631 feet)
Open location code
9FH92RX7+F9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Irish to Welsh—“Borgund Municipality” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Bardas Borgund”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Borgund”
- Norwegian: “Borgund”
- Russian: “Боргунн”
- Swedish: “Borgunds kommun, Sogn og Fjordane”
- Swedish: “Borgunds kommun”
- Turkish: “Borgund”
- Ukrainian: “Борґунн”
- Urdu: “بورگنڈ میونسپلٹی (سوگن اوگ فجورڈین)”
- Urdu: “بورگنڈ میونسپلٹی”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Borgund”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Krokaleet and Fåreholten.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Borgund Stavechurch museum and Smihelleren.
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