Sogndalsfjøra is the administrative centre of the municipality of Sogndal

Sogndal

Sogndal is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. The village of Sogndalsfjøra is the administrative center of Sogndal municipality. Other main villages include Kaupanger, Kjørnes, and Fjærland...

 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...

. It is located where the river Sogndalselvi runs out in the Sogndalsfjord, 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...

. The 2.24 square kilometres (553.5 acre) village has a population (2009) of 3,208. The village is located about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) northwest of Kjørnes

Kjørnes

Kjørnes is a village in the municipality of Sogndal in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located by the Sogndalsfjord, about southeast of the municipal center of Sogndalsfjøra and about northwest of Kaupanger. The village of Kjørnes has a population of 531....

, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northwest of Kaupanger

Kaupanger

Kaupanger is a village situated along the Sognefjord in the municipality of Sogndal in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.Kaupanger originated as a settlement during the Viking age. Earlier Kaupanger was known as Tingstad. Kaupang was an Old Norse term for trading or market place. Town's name is...

, and about 31 kilometres (19.3 mi) southeast of Fjærland

Fjærland

Fjærland is a village in the municipality of Sogndal, along the Fjærlandsfjord, in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The Fjærlandfjord is a branch of the Sognefjord, the longest fjord in Norway...

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Sogndalsfjøra is home to the association football team Sogndal Fotball

Sogndal Fotball

Sogndal Fotball is the association football section of Norwegian sports club Sogndal IL from Sogndal in Sogn og Fjordane. The club was founded in 1926....

. The team is in the Norwegian Premier League, Tippeligaen

Tippeligaen

Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...

 and plays at the Fosshaugane Campus

Fosshaugane campus

Fosshaugane Campus is the current home ground for the football team, Sogndal Fotball. It is also a combined with a campus, from where it got its name.The stadium was inaugurated on 7 July 2006 when Sogndal beat Bryne 2–0.-Facts:...

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The area is home to major tourism

Tourism

Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".Tourism has become a...

industries, along with sawmills, lumber production, and a slaughterhouse. The Lerum Konserves, the largest Norwegian producer of juice and jam, is located here. Sogndalsfjøra is also the home of the Indre Sogn police force.