Eivindvik is the

administrative centre An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

of the municipality of

Gulen is a municipality in the southwestern part of Vestland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Eivindvik. Other villages in Gulen include Brekke, Byrknes, ...

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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. The village is located on the mainland, along the north shore of the Gulafjorden. It is also located about south of the village of

Dingja Dingja is a small village in the municipality of Gulen in Vestland county in Western Norway. The village is located along the Sognesjøen, near the mouth of the Sognefjorden, about north of the municipal center of Eivindvik. The lake Dingevatn ...

(and the lake

Dingevatn Dingevatn or Dingevatnet is the 18th deepest lake in Norway, reaching a maximum depth of . It is located in the municipality of Gulen in Vestland county. The lake is located just east of the village of Dingja, about southeast of the mouth of th ...

), about northwest of the village of Dalsøyra, and about northeast of the village of

Byrknes Byrknes is a fishing village in Gulen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the western shore of the island of Byrknesøyna. It is about southwest of the municipal center of Eivindvik, about west of the village of Dalsøy ...

. Eivindvik is the commercial centre of the municipality as well as the seat of government for the municipality.

Gulen Church Gulen Church ( no, Gulen kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Gulen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Eivindvik. It is the church for the Gulen parish which is part of the Nordhordland prost ...

has been located in Eivindvik for centuries. The village has a population (2019) of 315 and a

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of . This area has an ancient history, since the

Gulating Gulating ( non, Gulaþing) was one of the first Norwegian legislative assemblies, or '' things,'' and also the name of a present-day law court of western Norway. The practice of periodic regional assemblies predates recorded history, and was fi ...

met in this area in the years 900—1300, creating laws which governed most of

Western Norway Western Norway ( nb, Vestlandet, Vest-Norge; nn, Vest-Noreg) is the region along the Atlantic coast of southern Norway. It consists of the counties Rogaland, Vestland, and Møre og Romsdal. The region has no official or political-administrativ ...

Name

The municipality of Gulen was originally named after this village. There have been many spelling variations throughout the past few centuries: Evindvig, Evenvig, or Evenvik. The name of the municipality was officially changed to Gulen on 1 July 1890, but the village name remained as Eivindvik.

Media gallery

File:Gulenbilder 418.jpg, View of Eivindvik, looking east (photo: Bjarne Thune) File:Gulenbilder 415.jpg, View of some houses in Eivindvik (photo: Bjarne Thune) File:Gulenbilder 394.jpg, View of the church in Eivindvik (photo: Bjarne Thune) File:Eivindvik kommersielle sentrum.jpg, Commercial centre of Eivindvik (photo: Nina Aldin Thune) File:Steinkrossen på bakkehellinga, Eivindvik.jpg, Ancient stone cross near Eivindvik (photo: John Erling Blad)

References

{{authority control Villages in Vestland Gulen