Laksevåg
Sign in to saveLaksevåg is a borough of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. The borough is located in the western part of the municipality. Historically, the area was called Laxevaag, and it was a separate municipality until 1972 when it was merged into Bergen.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Laksevåg bydel
- Settlement.type
- Borough
- Settlement.image_map
- Bergen boroughs.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Map of the 8 boroughs of Bergen
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Damsgård sentrum 5Juni2010 1.jpg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Norway
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Western Norway
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Vestland
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Midhordland
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- City
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Bergen
- Settlement.iso_code
- NO-120105
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 29.96
- Settlement.area_rank
- 5th
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city district
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Bergen Municipality
- Area
- 29.96
- Image
- Loddefjord.jpg
Show 1 more fact
- Commons category
- Laksevåg
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
~3 min read
Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Villages and neighborhoods
- Local attractions
- Gallery
- References
- Footnotes
- Bibliography
Laksevåg is a borough of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. The borough is located in the western part of the municipality. Historically, the area was called Laxevaag, and it was a separate municipality until 1972 when it was merged into Bergen.
The borough of Laksevåg has residential areas on the hillside of the mountain Damsgårdsfjellet facing the Puddefjorden. By the fjord itself are several industrial buildings, many of them connected with the maritime industry. The rococo-style Damsgård Manor is located in the borough.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Laksevåg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
3 mapped locations
Available in 10 languages
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0