Vassenden is a village in the municipality of Jølster

Jølster

Jølster is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative centre is the village of Skei...

 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 along the river Jølstra at the western end of the lake Jølstravatn

Jølstravatn

Jølstravatn is a lake in the municipality of Jølster in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The lake empties its water into the long Jølstra river which then flows into the Førdefjorden. The impressive eastern arm of Jølstravatn is called Kjøsnesfjorden, although it is not a true fjord that is...

. The population of Vassenden was 314 in 2009, and the village is about 0.51 square kilometres (126 acre).

The village is located along the highway , about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of the lake Holsavatnet

Holsavatnet

Holsavatnet is a lake which lies in the municipality of Førde in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The lake is located about east of the municipal center of Førde and about east of the village of Bruland. The highway passes west of the lake. The lake eventually flows into the Jølstra river....

. The village of Langhaugane

Langhaugane

Langhaugane is a village along the river Jølstra in the municipality of Jølster in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located along the highway about west of Vassenden, near the western end of the lake Jølstravatnet. The municipal center of Skei is northeast of Langhaugane and the town of...

 is 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) to the southwest and the village of Ålhus

Ålhus

Ålhus is a small village in the municipality of Jølster in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located on highway on the northern side of the lake Jølstravatnet, in a largely agricultural area. Ålhus is located west of the village of Skei and northeast of the villages of Vassenden and...

 is 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) to the northeast. The municipal center of Skei

Skei, Sogn og Fjordane

Skei is the administrative centre of the municipality of Jølster in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The village is located at the northeastern end of the lake Jølstravatn along the highway...

is 25 kilometres (15.5 mi) to the northeast.