Sokndal municipality

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municipality

Sokndal municipality is a coastal municipality in Rogaland county, southwestern Norway, known for its rugged fjord landscape, including the historic Jøssingfjord.

Aliases (2)

Sokndal ×48
Sokndal municipal council ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	municipality →
administrativeCentre	Hauge i Dalane →
borders	Eigersund municipality → Flekkefjord municipality → Lund municipality → Sirdal municipality →
contains	Hauge i Dalane → Jøssingfjord → Jøssingfjord hydropower facilities → Lundarvågen → Sogndalsstranda → Åna-Sira →
country	Norway →
governingBody	Sokndal municipal council →
hasCoastalFeature	Jøssingfjord → Rekefjord → Åna-Sira fjord →
hasCoastlineOn	North Sea →
hasEconomicActivity	agriculture → fishing → tourism →
hasGeology	Precambrian bedrock → anorthosite deposits →
hasHistoricVillage	Sogndalstrand →
hasIndustry	hydropower production → mining → quarrying →
hasLandscapeFeature	fjords → heathland → lakes → rivers → rocky coastline → steep cliffs →
hasParishChurch	Sogndalstrand Church → Sokndal Church → Åna-Sira Church →
hasRoadConnection	Norwegian County Road 44 →
historicalEventSite	Altmark Incident →
JøssingfjordRole	symbol of Norwegian resistance in World War II →
knownFor	Jøssingfjord → historic wooden village of Sogndalstrand → rugged fjord landscape →
languageForm	Nynorsk →
locatedIn	Norwegian region of Dalane → Rogaland county → Southwestern Norway →
region	Western Norway →
subdivisionType	municipality of Norway →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jøssingfjord → Sogndalstrand →	locatedIn
Sokndal ("Sokndal municipal council") →	governingBody