page_title: Hjelmelandsvågen
hierarchical_section_title: Hjelmelandsvågen
caption_attribution_description: English: Hjelmelandsvågen, the center of Hjelmeland municipality in Norway.
context_page_description: Hjelmelandsvågen is the administrative centre of Hjelmeland municipality, Norway. The village is located on the south side of the mouth of the Jøsenfjorden. The 0.69-square-kilometre village has a population of 592 and a population density of 858 inhabitants per square kilometre.
  The Norwegian National Road 13 runs through the village, with a ferry connection across the Jøsenfjorden and to the nearby island of Ombo. The village sits about 10 kilometres northeast of the village of Fister and about the same distance north of the village of Årdal. Hjelmeland Church is located in the village.
context_section_description: Hjelmelandsvågen is the administrative centre of Hjelmeland municipality, Norway.  The village is located on the south side of the mouth of the Jøsenfjorden. The 0.69-square-kilometre (170-acre) village has a population (2019) of 592 and a population density of 858 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,220/sq mi).
  The Norwegian National Road 13 runs through the village, with a ferry connection across the Jøsenfjorden and to the nearby island of Ombo.  The village sits about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northeast of the village of Fister and about the same distance north of the village of Årdal.  Hjelmeland Church is located in the village.
caption: View of the village
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