Davik (village)

Davik is a village in Bremanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the southern shore of the Nordfjorden, about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) west of the village of Isane and about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) east of the village of Rugsund. The village of Kjølsdalen lies across the fjord from Davik.[2] The population of the village (in 2001) was about 330 residents.[3]

Davik
Village
Davik Location of the village Davik Davik (Norway)
Coordinates: 61.8916°N 5.5316°E
Country	Norway
Region	Western Norway
County	Vestland
District	Nordfjord
Municipality	Bremanger Municipality
Elevation [1]	13 m (43 ft)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	6730 Davik

The village of Davik was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Davik which was in existence from 1838 until 1964 when it was dissolved and its lands were split between three other municipalities. Some of the municipal services were based in Davik village, while others were located in Bryggja which was a larger urban area. Davik Church is located in Davik village.[4]

Name

The village is named after the old Davik farm (Old Norse: Dafvíkr), since the first Davik Church was located there. The first element (Old Norse: dafi) means "spear" and the last element (Old Norse: víkr) is identical with the word vik which means "inlet", so the name appears to be referring to the long, skinny spear-like shape of the local fjord.[5]

References

1. "Davik, Bremanger (Sogn og Fjordane)". yr.no. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
2. Store norske leksikon. "Davik tettbebyggelse i Bremanger" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2013-10-29.
3. "Folke- og bustadteljing 2001 - 1438 Bremanger" (PDF). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
4. "Komunehistoria i Bremanger" (in Norwegian). NRK. Archived from the original on 2013-10-31. Retrieved 2013-10-29.
5. Rygh, Oluf (1919). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Bergenhus amt (in Norwegian) (12 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 408–409.