Naustdal
Naustdal is a village and a former municipality in the Norwegian province of Sogn og Fjordane (became part of Vestland in 2020 ). As part of the municipal reform in Norway , Naustdal, Førde , Gaular and Jølster were merged to form the new municipality of Sunnfjord on January 1, 2020 . The place Naustdal has 1064 inhabitants.
2793 inhabitants lived on an area of 369 km² (as of January 1, 2019). The municipality number was 1433. The last mayor was Håkon Myrvang ( Ap ).
geography
Naustdal commune bordered Gloppen in the north, Jølster in the east , Flora commune in the west and Førde commune in the south-east . Askvoll lies across the fjord in the southwest .
Economy and Transport
Naustdal was mainly an agricultural commune , which is perhaps best known for the Nausta River with its salmon deposits.
Førde Airport, Bringeland is the nearest regional airport, it is located 27 kilometers from Naustdal.
Personalities
- Eldrid Lunden (* 1940), poet and professor
- Arild Stubhaug (* 1948), author and mathematician
- Stian Grimseth (* 1972), weightlifter
- Sigbjørn Gjelsvik (* 1974), politician
- Iselin Solheim (* 1990), singer
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Navn på nye kommuner. February 19, 2019, accessed January 10, 2020 (Norwegian).
Coordinates: 61 ° 31 ' N , 5 ° 43' E