page_title: Vaksdal
section_title: General information
hierarchical_section_title: Vaksdal / General information
caption_attribution_description: Norsk bokmål: Vaksdal ved E-16, Bergensbanen, Sørfjorden, Hordaland. Foto: Frode Inge Helland, 14.05.2006.
context_page_description: Vaksdal is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordhordland. The administrative centre is the village of Dalekvam. Other villages in Vaksdal include Dalegarden, Flatkvål, Helle, Nesheim, Stamneshella, Stanghelle, and Vaksdal.
  The 715-square-kilometre municipality is the 160th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Vaksdal is the 205th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,977. The municipality's population density is 5.8 inhabitants per square kilometre and its population has decreased by 3.2% over the previous 10-year period.
  In 2016, the chief of police for Vestlandet formally suggested a reconfiguration of police districts and stations. He proposed that the police station in Solund be closed.
context_section_description: The municipality of Vaksdal was created on 1 January 1964 after a major municipal restructuring after the Schei Committee's recommendations. Vaksdal was formed from the following places:
  All of Bruvik municipality, except for the Bruvikbygda area on Osterøy island (population: 5,264)
  The Bergsdalen and Eksingedalen valleys from the municipality of Evanger (population: 251)
  The rest of the Eksingedalen valley that was located in the municipality of Modalen (population: 151)
caption: View of the village of Vaksdal
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