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The 18-kilometre (11 mi) long fjord is only 500 metres (1,600 ft) wide in some parts. [1] The river Nærøydalselvi flows down the valley Nærøydalen into the fjord at the village of Gudvangen, near the European route E16 highway. The village of Bakka and the Bakka Church are both located on the west shore of the fjord.
Bakka is a tiny village in Aurland Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the western shore of the Nærøyfjord , about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of the village of Gudvangen and access to the European route E16 highway.
Bakkafjörður (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈpahkaˌfjœrðʏr̥] ⓘ) is a small fishing village in North-East Iceland, located in a fjord with the same name. The village has 72 inhabitants and is part of the regional service center of Langanesbyggð district in Northeastern Region .
Bakka Church (Norwegian: Bakka kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Aurland Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Bakka, on the shores of the sparsely populated Nærøyfjorden. It is the church for the Nærøy parish which is part of the Sogn prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.
Other villages include Bakka, Flåm, Undredal, and Gudvangen. The 1,468-square-kilometre (567 sq mi) municipality is the 60th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Aurland is the 294th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,775.
The name Sogn og Fjordane was created in 1919; a literal translation is: Sogn and the fjords. The first element is the name of the region of Sogn , located in the southern part of the county. The last element is the plural definite form of fjord , which refers to the two regions in the county called Nordfjord and Sunnfjord in the northern and ...
It is a popular tourist destination and is located at the end of the Nærøyfjord where the Nærøydalselvi river empties into the fjord. The European route E16 highway passes by the village. Heading southwest on the highway leads to Voss municipality while heading northeast the E16 enters the Gudvanga Tunnel on its way to the villages of Flåm ...
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