Uggdal
Village in Tysnes Municipality, Norway
title: "Uggdal" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-vestland", "tysnes"] description: "Village in Tysnes Municipality, Norway" topic_path: "general/villages-in-vestland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uggdal" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Village in Tysnes Municipality, Norway ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Uggdal |
| Uggdalseidet | |
| settlement_type | Village |
| image_skyline | Utsyn mot kommunehusa i Uggdal.JPG |
| image_caption | View of Uggdal showing the administrative buildings and others |
| mapframe | yes |
| mapframe-zoom | 11 |
| mapframe-caption | Interactive map of the village |
| mapframe-marker | village |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Norway |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Western Norway |
| subdivision_type2 | County |
| subdivision_name2 | Vestland |
| subdivision_type3 | District |
| subdivision_name3 | Sunnhordland |
| subdivision_type4 | Municipality |
| subdivision_name4 | Tysnes Municipality |
| timezone1 | CET |
| utc_offset1 | +01:00 |
| timezone1_DST | CEST |
| utc_offset1_DST | +02:00 |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | 0.4 |
| population_as_of | 2023 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 296 |
| population_density_km2 | 740 |
| postal_code_type | Post Code |
| postal_code | 5685 Uggdal |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_m | 24 |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| :: |
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Uggdal or Uggdalseidet is the administrative centre of Tysnes Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the west side of the island of Tysnesøya. The village is located in the northern part of the Uggdalsdalen valley near the western coast. The village of Våge lies about 4 km north of Uggdal.
The 0.4 km2 village had a population (2023) of and a population density of 740 PD/km2. Since 2023, the population and area data for this village area has not been separately tracked by Statistics Norway since the village is no longer considered large enough to be an urban settlement.
The southern part of the village is a small residential area known as Uggdalseidet and the northern part of the village is known as Uggdal. Uggdal is the site of the municipal administration, a doctor's office, the local fire and police stations, as well as a school. Uggdal Church is also located in the village, serving the southwestern part of the island of Tysnesøya.
References
References
- "Uggdalseidet, Tysnes". [[yr.no]].
- "Informasjon om stadnamn: Uggdal". [[Norwegian Mapping Authority.
- "Informasjon om stadnamn: Uggdalseidet". [[Norwegian Mapping Authority.
- {{Cite SNL. Tysnes. Tysnes. 2026-01-25. Thorsnæs. Geir. 2025-08-01
- Statistisk sentralbyrå. (2022-04-03). "04859: Area and population of urban settlements (US) 2000 - 2021".
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