Knarvik

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Knarvik (Norway)
Knarvik
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Basic data
Country Norway
Province  (fylke) Vestland
Municipality  (commune) : Alver
Coordinates : 60 ° 33 '  N , 5 ° 17'  E Coordinates: 60 ° 33 '  N , 5 ° 17'  E
Residents : 4,995 (2011)

Knarvik is a place in the western Norwegian Fylke Vestland . It is the administrative center of the municipality of Alver and at the same time the regional center of Nordhordland . 4995 inhabitants (as of 2011) live here.

Knarvik in April 2009
Knarvik senter shopping center

Knarvik has a high school with almost 1000 students. There is also a large shopping center, the Knarvik senter , where the Norwegian newspaper Nordhordland is based.

The European route 39 runs through the village , which leads over the Hagelsundbrua and the Nordhordlandsbrua to Bergen .

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Individual evidence

  1. a b Statistisk sentralbyrå: Tettsteder. Folkemengde og areal, etter commune. January 1, 2011. Retrieved November 16, 2011 (Norwegian)