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Also known as Voss

Vossavangen or Vossevangen is the administrative centre of Voss Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village lies on the northeastern shore of the lake Vangsvatnet in the central part of the municipality, about east of the city of Bergen. The villages of Borstrondi and Kvitheim are both small suburbs located just north of Vossevangen.

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Village
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View of Vossavangen
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Norway
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Western Norway
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Vestland
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Voss
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Voss Municipality

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Vossavangen or Vossevangen is the administrative centre of Voss Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village lies on the northeastern shore of the lake Vangsvatnet in the central part of the municipality, about east of the city of Bergen. The villages of Borstrondi and Kvitheim are both small suburbs located just north of Vossevangen.

The village has a population (2025) of and a population density of .

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vossevangen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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