Holmefjord is a village in the municipality of

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county,

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. It is located near the shore along the

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about northwest of the village of Eikelandsosen. Holmefjord is a small typical western Norwegian village. In 1960, there were 2 general stores, a dairy, and a local bakery. Due to modern transportation and lifestyle (as of 2006), most of that is gone and there is only one general store left. There are a few small industrial factories that use wood as raw materials, producing wooden beams as well as other things. The traditional handicraft of making barrels out of pine is now almost extinct. These barrels were used for storage of

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as well as exported to

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and

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. The village has a tradition (for about the last 100 years or so) of having a play every

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. Most villagers have participated in the play over the years. On May 17, the villagers work together and make a lot of a popular local porridge, called ''raudravle'', which is sold for the benefit of the community house, Bygdaheimen.

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Villages in Vestland Bjørnafjorden {{Vestland-geo-stub