Property for rent in sogndal, Norway

Facts About Sogndal

Sogndal is a municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The village of Sogndalsfjøra (population 3,852 in 2016) is the administrative center of Sogndal municipality. Other villages include Kaupanger, Kjørnes, Fimreite, Nornes, and Fjærland. Sogndal Airport, Haukåsen is located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) southwest of Kaupanger.
The Norwegian dialect spoken in Sogndal is called sognamål.
In 1917, a farmer in Sogndal plowed up the Eggja stone, a gravestone with runic inscriptions important for the history of the Old Norse language.
The 746-square-kilometre (288 sq mi) municipality is the 148th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Sogndal is the 139th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 7,941. The municipality's population density is 10.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (28/sq mi) and its population has increased by 16.4% over the last decade.