Fjaler

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Fjaler kommune

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County Sogn og Fjordane
District
Municipality
Administrative centre Dale i Sunnfjord
Mayor (2003) Arve Helle (AP)
Official language form Nynorsk
Area
- Total
- Land
- Percentage 417 Square kilometre>km²
390 km²
0.13 %
Population
- Total (as of 2004>2004)
- Percentage
- Change (10 years)
- Density Ranked 277
2,910
0.06 %
0.1 %
7/km²
Coordinates
[www.fjaler.kommune.no]
[Data from Statistics Norway]
Coordinates: Fjaler is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It was the birth place of famous Norwegian poet Jakob Sande. The Red Cross Nordic United World College at Haugland, one of the ten United World Colleges of the world is also located here, as well as the Åsnes ski factory, the Nordic Art Centre at Dalsåsen and the Dale / Jarl shoe factory. There is a car ferry from Dale to Eikenes in Askvoll municipality, and buses depart to Førde, Rysjedalsvika, Hyllestad and the west of Fjaler. Førde Airport, Bringeland is 28 kilometres to the east, with flights to Oslo and Bergen.

External links

[Map of Fjaler]

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

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