Place:Høyanger, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

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NameHøyanger
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates61.217°N 6.083°E
Located inSogn og Fjordane, Norway
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Høyanger is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center is the village of Høyanger. Other villages in Høyanger municipality include Austreim, Bjordal, Kyrkjebø, Lavik, Ortnevik, and Vadheim.

Høyanger is known for having one of the first industrial towns in Norway to use its steep mountains surrounding the town giving excellent conditions for producing hydroelectricity needed for electrolysis. The main product being produced in the village of Høyanger was aluminium.

The municipality is the 115th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Høyanger is the 199th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,101. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 3.6% over the previous 10-year period.

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