Langevåg is a village in

Bømlo Bømlo is a municipality in the southwestern part of Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnhordland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Svortland. Other villages in Bømlo inclu ...

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,

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. It is located on the southern tip of the island of

, along the

Bømlafjorden Bømlafjorden ( en, Bømla Fjord) is a fjord in Vestland county, Norway. The fjord is the outer-most part of the Hardangerfjord, running between the island of Bømlo (in Bømlo Municipality) and the mainland (Sveio Municipality). The Bømlafjord ...

. It lies in the far southern part of the municipality, about south of the village of

Lykling Lykling (historically: ''Løkling'') is a village in Bømlo municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the southwestern part of the island of Bømlo. The village is about north of the village of Langevåg and it sits at ...

. The village has a population (2019) of 758 and a

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of . This makes it the fourth largest village in the municipality. Boemlo old Church 2006

Norwegian County Road 541 goes through the village and ends at a ferry port that has a regular connection to the village of Buavåg in the municipality of

Sveio Sveio is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. Sveio is a border district that is sometimes considered to be located in the traditional district of Haugalandet since it is located on the Haugalandet peninsula, but it is also considered to ...

across the fjord. The village is a historic church site with the Old Bømlo Church (from the 1600s) and the new Bømlo Church (from 1960) both being located here. The ''Langevåg Bygdetun'' community centre opened in 2005.

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External links

Langevåg community centre
Villages in Vestland Bømlo {{Vestland-geo-stub