 gaular is a municipality in sogn og fjordane county, norway. it is located in the traditional district of sunnfjord. the administrative centre is the village of sande. other villages in the municipality include bygstad, hestad, and vik. gaular is sometimes referred to as fosselandet (the land of the waterfalls) because it is home to 28 large and small waterfalls. the municipality is centered on the river gaula. the viksdalen valley is located in gaular. ==general information== thumb|left|hestad chapel thumb|left|an old barn at oppedal the parish of indre holmedal was established as a municipality on 1 january 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). the original municipality was identical to the indre holmedal parish (prestegjeld) which included the sub-parishes (sokn) of bygstad, sande, and vik. in 1912, the name of the municipality was changed to gaular. on 1 january 1990, parts of the hestad area (west of sunde-klepp, west of bygstad) were transferred from fjaler to gaular. ===name=== the name (old norse gaular) is derived from the name of the river gaula. the old name of the area was revived in 1912, prior to that the name of the municipality was indre holmedal, meaning the inner part of holmedal.{{cite book|title=norske gaardna
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