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Bremanger Municipality

Bremanger is a municipality in Vestlandcounty, Norway. The village of Svelgen is the administrative centre of the municipality. Other villages include Bremanger, Berle, Davik, Isane, Kalvåg, Rugsund, and Ålfoten. Bremanger is the only municipality in Vestland, which is located in two districts. The northern and eastern parts comprising the villages of Oldeide, Berle, Rugsund, Davik, Isane, and Ålfoten is located in the Nordfjord region, while the villages of Bremanger, Kalvåg, Svelgen, Sørgulen, and Botnane are located in the Sunnfjord region. Politically, the municipality works with the Nordfjord region in the council of Nordfjord municipalities.
The 833.12-square-kilometre (321.67 sq mi) municipality is the 138th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Bremanger Municipality is the 220th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,361. The municipality's population density is 4 inhabitants per square kilometre (10/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 14.1% over the previous 10-year period.
Bremanger has many tourist destinations such as Kalvåg, which has one of the largest and best-kept waterfront environment in the county, the Grotlesanden ocean beach, the Hornelen mountain, with the tallest sea cliff in Northern Europe, Rock carvings at Vingen, and the old trading stations of Rugsund and Smørhavn. The Bortne Tunnel was completed in 2013 to more easily connect the outer islands of Bremanger to the municipal centre of Svelgen. The Skatestraum Tunnel and connect the islands to the mainland.