Eidsvåg is a neighborhood in Bergen

Bergen

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, Norway, in the borough Åsane

Åsane

Åsane is a borough of the city of Bergen, Norway, making up the northwestern part of the city.It was a municipality in Hordaland county, from January 1, 1904, when it was separated from Hamre, until January 1, 1972 when it was merged with Bergen . The area was developed from mostly farmland to a...

. It is located north of Ytre Sandviken

Sandviken

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, northwest of Jordal

Jordal

Jordal is a neighborhood in the borough of Gamle Oslo in Oslo, Norway.It is a small valley between Kampen and Vålerenga, and the farm Jordal was originally under Nedre Valle. The area was located in Aker until 1878, when it was incorporated into Kristiania . It was known for the brickworks Jordal...

, southwest of Ervik and south of Eidsvågen, an arm of Byfjorden

Byfjorden

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. Eidsvåg was the administrative center of the former municipality of Åsane, until the municipal merger in 1972.

The area is mainly residential. It has Eidsvåg School, Eidsvåg Church, a slaughterhouse for Nortura

Nortura

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, a marina and the former Eidsvåg Fabrikker. In 2009, Eidsvåg had 2,965 residents and covered 2.24 square kilometre (0.864868835247278 sq mi).