Leirvik is a village in
Hyllestad Municipality in
Vestland county,
Norway. The village is located along the inner part of the ''Bøfjorden'', a small fjord off the main
Sognefjorden
The Sognefjord or Sognefjorden (, en, Sogn Fjord), nicknamed the King of the Fjords ( no, Fjordenes konge), is the largest and deepest fjord in Norway. Located in Vestland county in Western Norway, it stretches inland from the ocean to the smal ...
. The village lies about southeast of the
village of Hyllestad.
Havyard Leirvik, the largest municipal business, is a
shipyard
A shipyard, also called a dockyard or boatyard, is a place where ships are built and repaired. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners or other cargo or passenger ships. Dockyards are sometimes more associated with maintenance a ...
on the southwest side of Leirvik.
The western shore of the fjord is the site of
Bø Church.
References
Villages in Vestland
Hyllestad
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