Vikøyri

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title: "Vikøyri" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-vestland", "vik,-sogn"] description: "Village in Vik Municipality, Norway" topic_path: "general/villages-in-vestland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikøyri" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Vik Municipality, Norway ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

Field	Value
official_name	Vikøyri
other_name	Viksøyri
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	Vik3.JPG
image_caption	View of Vikøyri
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	11
mapframe-marker	village
pushpin_map	Vestland#Norway
pushpin_label_position	bottom
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Norway
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Western Norway
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Vestland
subdivision_type3	District
subdivision_name3	Sogn
subdivision_type4	Municipality
subdivision_name4	Vik Municipality
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	1.34
population_as_of	2025
population_footnotes
population_total	1230
population_density_km2	918
timezone1	CET
utc_offset1	+01:00
timezone1_DST	CEST
utc_offset1_DST	+02:00
postal_code_type	Post Code
postal_code	6893 Vik i Sogn
coordinates
elevation_m	5
elevation_footnotes
::

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Vikøyri is the administrative center of Vik Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located at the mouth of the Vikja river on the south shore of the Sognefjorden, roughly near the midpoint of Norway's longest fjord. The village lies along Norwegian National Road 13 which leads north to the ferry to Balestrand and south to the village of Vossevangen. The 1.34 km2 village has a population (2025) of and a population density of 918 PD/km2.

Vikøyri sits about 13 km south of the village of Balestrand (across the fjord), about 25 km northeast of the village of Arnafjord. To the north and west of Vikøyri lie the villages of Vangsnes, Feios, and Fresvik. Vikøyri is 10 km northwest of the Fresvikbreen glacier and about 26 km northeast of the big lake Holskardvatnet.

Vikøyri is the site of one of the Tine cheese factories. It is the only factory in the world that produces gammelost, a unique Norwegian cheese. The village also has the only prison in Sogn og Fjordane. There are also two medieval churches on the south side of the village: Hove Church (built c. 1170) and the Hopperstad Stave Church (built c. 1140). Vik Church is also located in the village, although it is much newer (built in 1877) and it is the main church for the municipality.

References

References

1. "Vikøyri, Vik". [[yr.no]].
2. "Informasjon om stadnamn". [[Norwegian Mapping Authority.
3. Statistisk sentralbyrå. (2025-10-27). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
4. {{Cite SNL. Vikøyri. Vikøyri. 2025-11-23. Askheim. Svein. 2025-08-01

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