Eid, Norway

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Eid kommune

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County Sogn og Fjordane
District Nordfjord
Municipality
Administrative centre Nordfjordeid
Mayor (2005) Sonja Edvardsen (Arbeiderpartiet)
Official language form Nynorsk
Area
- Total
- Land
- Percentage 469 Square kilometre>km²
420 km²
0.14 %
Population
- Total (as of 2004>2004)
- Percentage
- Change (10 years)
- Density Ranked 171
5,779
0.13 %
-0.2 %
14/km²
Coordinates
[www.eid.kommune.no]
[Data from Statistics Norway]
Coordinates: Eid is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It lies as a centre in between the other municipalities Måløy, Sandane, Stryn and Volda. Hornindalsvatnet, the deepest lake in Europe, is located there.

It is known for its very own race of horses, called the fjording, which is characterised by its white and black mane.

The municipal centre of Nordfjord is Nordfjordeid.

Famous people from Eid

Sophus Lie (1842-1899), mathematician
Harald Aabrekk, soccer coach
Azar Karadas, soccer player

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Municipalities of Sogn og Fjordane
Nordfjord: Bremanger \| Eid \| Gloppen \| Hornindal \| Selje \| Stryn \| Vågsøy Sunnfjord: Askvoll \| Fjaler \| Flora \| Førde \| Gaular \| Jølster \| Naustdal Sogn: Aurland \| Balestrand \| Gulen \| Hyllestad \| Høyanger \| Leikanger \| Luster \| Lærdal \| Sogndal \| Solund \| Vik \| Årdal