Vaksdal is a village in

Vaksdal is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordhordland. The administrative centre is the village of Dalekvam. Other villages in Vaksdal include Dalegarden, Flatkvål, Helle, Nesheim, S ...

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 Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. The village is located on the southern shore of the

Veafjorden Veafjorden (historically, the Vedåfjorden) is a fjord in Vestland county, Norway. The long fjord flows between the mainland and the island of Osterøy in Vaksdal municipality. There is one bridge across the fjord, the Kallestadsundet Bridge ne ...

, across the fjord from the village of Bruvik which sits on the island of

Osterøy Osterøy is an island municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordhordland. The municipality encompasses most of the island of Osterøy. The administrative centre of Osterøy is the village of Lon ...

. The

European route E16 European route E16 is the designation of a main west-east road through Northern Ireland, Scotland, Norway and Sweden, from Derry to Gävle, via Belfast, Glasgow, Edinburgh, previously by ferry to Bergen, Voss, through the Gudvanga Tunnel and th ...

highway goes through the village, as does the

Bergen Line The Bergen Line or the Bergen Railway ( no, Bergensbanen or nn, Bergensbana), is a long scenic standard gauge railway line between Bergen and Hønefoss, Norway. The name is often applied for the entire route from Bergen via Drammen to Oslo, ...

, which stops at the

Vaksdal Station Vaksdal Station ( no, Vaksdal stasjon) is a railway station located in the village of Vaksdal in the municipality of Vaksdal, Vestland county, Norway. The station is located along the Bergen Line. The station is served by twelve daily departures ...

. Vaksdal Church was built in the village in 1933. The village has a population (2019) of 967 and a

population density Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopul ...

of .

Media gallery

File:Vaksdal IMG 3719.JPG, Vaksdal, looking northeast along the Veafjorden File:Vaksdal.jpg, View of the village from across the fjord File:Bruviknipa1.JPG, The mountain Bruviknipa, with Vaksdal in the far back right File:Bruvik.JPG, The village of Bruvik, with Vaksdal in the back left of the picture

References

Villages in Vestland Vaksdal {{Vestland-geo-stub