Aurlandsvangen is the administrative center of the municipality of Aurland

Aurland

Aurland is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center is the village of Aurlandsvangen. Other villages include Bakka, Flåm, Undredal, and Gudvangen....

 in Sogn og Fjordane

Sogn og Fjordane

is a county in Norway, bordering Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland. The county administration is in the town of Hermansverk in Leikanger municipality while the largest town is Førde....

 county, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. The village is located on the east side of the Aurlandsfjord

Aurlandsfjord

Aurlandsfjord is a fjord in Aurland, Vik and Lærdal in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is a branch of Sognefjord; after , the Nærøyfjord branches from it....

 (a branch of the Sognefjord

Sognefjord

The Sognefjord is the largest fjord in Norway, and the second longest in the world. Located in Sogn og Fjordane county, it stretches inland to the small village of Skjolden...

) where the Aurlandselvi river flows into the fjord

Fjord

Geologically, a fjord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created in a valley carved by glacial activity.-Formation:A fjord is formed when a glacier cuts a U-shaped valley by abrasion of the surrounding bedrock. Glacial melting is accompanied by rebound of Earth's crust as the ice...

. The village of Undredal

Undredal

Undredal is a small village in the municipality of Aurland in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located along the Aurlandsfjord, about south of the Nærøyfjord...

 and the famous Nærøyfjord

Nærøyfjord

The Nærøyfjord is a fjord in the municipality of Aurland in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. The narrow fjord is a branch of the large Sognefjord, and it is featured on the "Norway in a Nutshell" daytrips for tourists...

 are located just a few kilometres to the northwest. Aurlandsvangen is located on the highway about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northeast of Flåm

Flåm

Flåm is a village at the inner end of the Aurlandsfjord, an arm of the Sognefjord. The village is located in the municipality of Aurland in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway...

 and 32 kilometres (19.9 mi) southwest of Lærdalsøyri

Lærdalsøyri

Lærdalsøyri is the administrative centre of the municipality of Lærdal in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The village is located along the Lærdalselvi river where it empties into the Lærdalsfjord, a branch of the Sognefjord. The village is located about north of the east end of the Lærdal Tunnel...

 (through the Lærdal Tunnel).

The 0.63 square kilometres (155.7 acre) village has a population (2009) of 539. The Vangen church (built 1202) is located in Aurlandsvangen. The lake Fretheimsdalsvatnet

Fretheimsdalsvatnet

Fretheimsdalsvatnet is a lake in the municipality of Aurland in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The lake is located at an elevation of above sea level. Fretheimsdalsvatnet is located at the end of the Låvisdalen valley, about southeast of Aurlandsvangen, about southeast of Flåm, and about ...

is located about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) southeast of the village of Aurlandsvangen.