Indrevevring (also known as Vevring) is a village in
Sunnfjord Municipality
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in
Vestland
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county,
Norway
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. The village is located on the northern shore of the
Førdefjorden, about southeast of the village of
Stavang (in
Kinn Municipality) and about northwest of the village of
Helle. The village of
Kvammen (in
Askvoll Municipality
is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative centre is the Askvoll (village), village of Askv ...
) lies directly south, across the fjord. The village of Indrevevring had a population (2001) of 143 residents.
Indrevevring is the site of
Vevring Church. It was the
administrative centre
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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgi ...
of the old municipality of
Vevring which existed from 1838 until 1964.
References
Villages in Vestland
Sunnfjord
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