Dale or Dale i Sunnfjord is the
administrative centre of the municipality of
Fjaler
Fjaler is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative centre is the village of Dale. Other places in Fjaler include Espedal, Flekke, Folkestad, Guddal, and Hellevik ...
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 the ...
. The village is located at the mouth of the river Vassdalselva on the southern shore of the
Dalsfjorden in the northern part of Fjaler, about northeast of the village of
Flekke and about west of the village of
Bygstad (in
Sunnfjord municipality).
The village has a population (2019) of 1,186 and a
population density
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of .
In December 2013, the new
Dalsfjord Bridge, connecting Dale with
Askvoll Municipality on the northern side of the fjord was opened and replaced the ferry route between Dale and Eikenes.
Also located in Dale is the Nordic Artists' Centre Dale, an artist-in-residence centre hosting international visual artists over periods of 2 or 3 months.
Notable residents
*
Jakob Sande
Jakob Sande (1 December 1906 – 16 March 1967) was a Norwegian writer, poet and folk singer from Dale in Sunnfjord. His parents were Andreas Sande and Ragna Margrete (born Barsnes). He married Solveig Ytterlid in 1942 and they had a daughter, Si ...
(1906–1967): Norwegian writer, poet, and folk singer.
References
External links
*http://www.fjaler.origo.no Fjaler kommune website managed by the locals.
*http://www.fjaler.kommune.no Home page for the municipality
Villages in Vestland
Fjaler
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