page_title: Vik
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Vik / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: w:Transhumance in Norway. Moving cows to mountain pastures.
context_page_description: Vik is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the southern shore of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center of Vik is the village of Vikøyri. Other villages in the municipality include Feios, Fresvik, Nese, and Vangsnes.
  The 833-square-kilometre municipality is the 137th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Vik is the 243rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,635. The municipality's population density is 3.3 inhabitants per square kilometre and its population has decreased by 4.8% over the previous 10-year period.
context_section_description: Vik is located on the southern shores of the Sognefjorden and west of the Aurlandsfjorden. The municipality is bordered on the west by the municipalities of Høyanger and Modalen, to the south by Voss and Vaksdal, and to the east by Aurland. Across the Sognefjorden to the north and east lie the municipalities of Sogndal and Lærdal.
  The lake Holskardvatnet is located in the southwest part of the municipality. The Fresvikbreen glacier is located between the villages of Fresvik and Vikøyri.
caption: Moving cows to mountain pastures
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