Eidsvåg is a neighborhood in the city of
Bergen
Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo.
By May 20 ...
in
Vestland
Vestland is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. The county is located in Western Norway, and its administrative centre is Bergen, where the executive and political leadership is based. The County governor (Norway), County Governor is based in ...
county,
Norway
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. The village area lies in the borough of
Ã…sane
Ã…sane is a borough of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. The borough makes up the northern part of the city, north of the city centre.
Ã…sane is connected to downtown Bergen by the E16/ E39 highway. The E16 highway continues on ...
in the northern part of the city. It is located north of
Ytre Sandviken, northwest of
Jordal
Jordal is a neighbourhood in the borough of Gamle Oslo in Oslo, Norway.
The neighbourhood is in a small valley between Kampen, Norway, Kampen and VÃ¥lerenga, on a portion of the land previously occupied by the Nedre Valle farm. The area then ...
, southwest of
Ervik and south of Eidsvågen, an arm of
Byfjorden. Eidsvåg was the administrative center of the former municipality of
Ã…sane
Ã…sane is a borough of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. The borough makes up the northern part of the city, north of the city centre.
Ã…sane is connected to downtown Bergen by the E16/ E39 highway. The E16 highway continues on ...
, until 1972 when Ã…sane was merged into the city of Bergen.
The area is mainly residential. It has Eidsvåg School,
Eidsvåg Church, a slaughterhouse for
Nortura
Nortura is a Norwegian agricultural cooperative that operates slaughterhouses and other processing plants related to meat and eggs. The company was created as a merger between Gilde Norsk Kjøtt and Prior Norge in 2006, and has head offices in Os ...
, a marina, and the former Eidsvåg Fabrikker. In 2009, Eidsvåg had 2,965 residents and covered .
References
Neighbourhoods of Bergen
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