Lavik

Lavik is a former municipality in the old county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It was located in the western part of the present-day municipality of Høyanger which is in Vestland county. The municipality was mostly on the northern side of the Sognefjorden. A small part of Lavik was located on the southern side of the Sognefjorden, a narrow strip of land running south around the Ikjefjorden, past the village of Øystrebø, all the way south to the border with Hordaland county. The municipality of Lavik existed from 1838 until 1861 and then again from 1905 until 1964. Upon its dissolution, the municipality was 220 square kilometres (85 sq mi). The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Lavik where Lavik Church is located.

Lavik Municipality
Lavik herad
Former municipality
Ladvig herred  (historic name)
View of the village of Lavik
Sogn og Fjordane within Norway
Lavik within Sogn og Fjordane
Coordinates: 61°06′17″N 05°30′37″E
CountryNorway
CountySogn og Fjordane
DistrictSogn
Established1 Jan 1838
  Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1861
  Succeeded byLavik og Brekke Municipality
Re-established1 Jan 1905
  Preceded byLavik og Brekke Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
  Succeeded byHøyanger Municipality
Administrative centreLavik
Area
 (upon dissolution)
  Total220 km2 (80 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
  Total894
  Density4.1/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1415
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