Bekkjarvik is a village in
Austevoll
Austevoll is a municipality and an archipelago in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Midthordland in Western Norway. The administrative centre is the village of Storebø on the island of Huftarøy. Other vill ...
municipality in
Vestland
Vestland is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The administrative centre of the county is the city of Bergen, where t ...
county,
Norway
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. The village is located on the northeastern coast of the island of
Selbjørn. The village has a population (2019) of 577 and a
population density
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of .
The village is an old trading post, with an inn that has been in operation since the 17th century. There was also a barrel factory. Today, the inn is still in operation and most of the economy centers around the seasonal fishing industry.
Bekkjarvik Church has been located in this village since 1895. The
Selbjørn Bridge runs from Bekkjarvik across a small strait to the nearby island of
Huftarøy
Huftarøy is the largest island in the municipality of Austevoll in Vestland county, Norway. The island lies in the Austevoll archipelago, just west of the Bjørnafjorden, south of the Korsfjorden, east of the Mokstrafjorden, and north of the ...
.
Famous people
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Ørjan Johannessen, winner of
Bocuse d’OrKokken & havet: Reker
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References
Villages in Vestland
Austevoll
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