Nordvik is a village area in

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county,

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. The village lies on a municipal border, with the bulk of its area located in

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, but extending over the border into neighboring

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. In 2008, the population of the Nordvik

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was 429, of which 383 people live in Bergen and 46 lived in what is now Bjørnafjorden. At that time the urban area had a population density of . Separate statistics for the village are no longer tracked by

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since it is now considered part of the Søvik urban area in Bjørnafjorden rather than a distinct urban area.

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Villages in Vestland Populated places in Bergen Bjørnafjorden {{Vestland-geo-stub