Place:Dale, Fjaler, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

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NameDale
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates61.363057°N 5.398118°E
Located inFjaler, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
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Dale or Dale i Sunnfjord is the administrative centre of the municipality of Fjaler in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located at the mouth of the river Vassdalselva on the southern shore of the Dalsfjorden in the northern part of Fjaler, about northeast of the village of Flekke and about west of the village of Bygstad (in Sunnfjord municipality).

The village has a population (2019) of 1,186 and a population density of .

In December 2013, the new Dalsfjord Bridge, connecting Dale with Askvoll Municipality on the northern side of the fjord was opened and replaced the ferry route between Dale and Eikenes.

Also located in Dale is the Nordic Artists' Centre Dale, an artist-in-residence centre hosting international visual artists over periods of 2 or 3 months.

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