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Sogndalsfjøra
Sogndalsfjøra
Village
	View of Sogndalsfjøra in April 2007
	Sogndalsfjøra Location of the village Sogndalsfjøra Sogndalsfjøra (Norway)
	Coordinates: 61°13′32″N 07°06′06″E / 61.22556°N 7.10167°E
Country	Norway
Region	Western Norway
County	Vestland
District	Sogn
Municipality	Sogndal
Area
• Total	2.05 km2 (0.79 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Population (2019)
• Total	3,995
• Density	1,949/km2 (5,050/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	6856 Sogndal

Sogndalsfjøra is a village in the municipality of Sogndal in Vestland county, Norway. It is located where the river Sogndalselvi runs out in the Sogndalsfjorden, a branch of the large Sognefjorden. The village is located about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) northwest of the village of Kjørnes, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northwest of the village of Kaupanger, and about 31 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of the village of Fjærland. The village sits at the intersection of Norwegian National Road 5 and Norwegian County Road 55.

The 2.05-square-kilometre (510-acre) village has a population (2019) of 3,995 and a population density of 1,949 inhabitants per square kilometre (5,050/sq mi).^[1]

Sogndalsfjøra is home to the association football team Sogndal Fotball. The team is in the Norwegian Premier League, Tippeligaen and plays at the Fosshaugane Campus. The area is home to major tourism industries, along with sawmills, lumber production, and a slaughterhouse. The Lerum Konserves, the largest Norwegian producer of juice and jam, is located here. Sogndalsfjøra is also the home of the regional police station for inner Sogn. Stedje Church is located in the village.^[3] The village has also an active academic environment and is home to one of the five campuses of the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences and Western Norway Research Institute.