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Sogn og Fjordane fylke
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14
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Leikanger
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Nils R Sandal
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Vestlandet
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8
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18,623
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17,680
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581
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2004
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17
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107,222
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234
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6
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-03
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2001
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16
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24,923
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163
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231,982
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134,400
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is a
County in
Norway , bordering
Møre Og Romsdal ,
Oppland ,
Buskerud and
Hordaland . The county administration is in
Leikanger . It was formerly called ''Nordre Bergenhus
Amt .''
It is mainly a rural area with scattered population. It includes the biggest glacier in mainland Norway,
Jostedalsbreen , and the deepest lake,
Hornindalsvatnet . There are many famous waterfalls located in the area, including
Ramnefjellsfossen (previously called Utigardfossen), the tallest in Norway, and third tallest in the World;
Vettisfossen , one of Norway's highest waterfalls, with a vertical drop of 275 m, is located in the
Jotunheim mountains. Cruise ships visit the district all summer, because of the unique vistas of high mountains and deep blue fjords.
Although Sogn og Fjordane has some industry, predominantly hydroelectricity and aluminium, it is predominantly agricultural. The nature changes quite rapidly as more smaller mountains on the coastal line and gradually increasing in to mountains almost reaching 8000 feet. Because of the inland rising steeply, fjords cutting trough, the amount of precipitation is very high. Low pressure system come in from the west and meet the mountains thus causing rain and snowfall. Sogn og Fjordane is also home to the
Urnes Stave Church , which is listed by
UNESCO as a
World Heritage Site .
The county is conventionally divided into traditional districts. These are
Sogn ,
Sunnfjord and
Nordfjord . Sogn surrounds
Sognefjorden . Its length, from Solund on the offshore island of Sula in the
North Sea to Skjolden, at the head of its longest branch, the
Lustrafjorden , is 204 km.
Sogn og Fjordane is the only county in which all municipalities have declared
Nynorsk to be their official
Written Form of the
Norwegian Language .
Sogn og Fjordane has a total of 26 municipalities:
