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Laksevåg

Borough of Bergen, Norway

Summary

Borough of Bergen, Norway

Field	Value
official_name	Laksevåg bydel
type	Borough
image_map	Bergen boroughs.png
map_caption	Map of the 8 boroughs of Bergen
image_skyline	Damsgård sentrum 5Juni2010 1.jpg
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Norway
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Western Norway
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Vestland
subdivision_type3	District
subdivision_name3	Midhordland
subdivision_type4	City
subdivision_name4	Bergen
iso_code	NO-120105
area_total_km2	29.96
area_rank	5th
area_note	6.7% of total
population_as_of	2014
population_total	39,584
population_rank	5th
population_note	14.6% of total
population_density_km2	auto
timezone1	CET
utc_offset1	+01:00
timezone1_DST	CEST
utc_offset1_DST	+02:00
coordinates

Laksevåg is a borough of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. The borough is located in the western part of the municipality. Historically, the area was called Laxevaag, and it was a separate municipality until 1972 when it was merged into Bergen.

The borough of Laksevåg has residential areas on the hillside of the mountain Damsgårdsfjellet facing the Puddefjorden. By the fjord itself are several industrial buildings, many of them connected with the maritime industry. The rococo-style Damsgård Manor is located in the borough.

Like the neighboring borough of Fyllingsdalen, many of the neighborhoods of Laksevåg consist of apartment buildings, especially in the area around the main service centre, the Vestkanten shopping centre. The main road to Sotra passes through the Loddefjord area in western Laksevåg.

History

The old Laksevåg Municipality was established on 1 July 1918 when it was separated from the large Askøy Municipality. On 1 January 1972, the municipalities surrounding the city of Bergen were merged with the city to form a large new Bergen Municipality. The municipalities involved in the merger were Arna Municipality, Fana Municipality, Laksevåg Municipality, and Åsane Municipality.

Since the merger, the area is now a borough within Bergen, with very similar borders to those of the old Laksevåg Municipality. After it was merged with Bergen, the former municipality was split into two boroughs: Laksevåg (which consisted of neighborhoods south of Puddefjorden separating it from the city centre) and Loddefjord (consisting of neighborhoods further west, closer to the islands of Sotra). In 2000, the boroughs were merged back together, once again forming the borough of Laksevåg.

Geography

The mountain Gravdalsfjellet peaks at 351 m in elevation.

Villages and neighborhoods

The borough of Laksevåg includes the villages and neighborhoods: Alvøen, Bjørndal, Drotningsvik, Godvik, Gravdal, Hetlevik, Håkonshella, Kjøkkelvik, Loddefjord, Loddefjorddalen, Mathopen, Olsvik, and Vadmyra.

Local attractions

Alvøen Mansion (Alvøen Hovedbygning) – Historic building constructed in the 1790s, reconstruction in 1830. opened as a museum in 1983
Damsgård Manor – Historic manor house and estate
Gravdal Manor (Gravdal hovedgård) – Historic Gravdal manor house, later military command headquarters
Kvarven Fort – Coastal defense built to protect the local port and naval installations
Lyderhorn – One of the seven mountains surrounding Bergen
Damsgård Mountain (Damsgårdsfjellet) – One of the seven mountains surrounding Bergen

Gallery

File:Damsgårdslunden DSC 0077.jpg|Damsgård File:Melkeplassen.jpg|Melkeplassen File:Laksevåg senter DSC 0319.jpg|Laksevåg senter, a shopping mall File:Laksevåg kirke DSC 0222.jpg|Laksevåg Church File:Laksevåg krigsminnesmerke DSC 0308.jpg|War memorial at Laksevåg in Bergen File:Lyngbøvatnet, Gravdal, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway - panoramio (1).jpg|Lyngbøvatnet File:Loddefjord.jpg|Central parts of Loddefjord File:Alvøen, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway - panoramio (1).jpg|Alvøen File:Kommandantboligen - panoramio.jpg|Gravdal Manor File:Damsgaardhovedgaard.jpg|Damsgård Manor

References

Footnotes

Bibliography

References

Store norske leksikon. "Laksevåg – bydel i Bergen".
"Laksevåg før og nå". Bergen kommune.
Jukvam, Dag. (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen". [[Statistics Norway.
[http://www.ba.no/nyheter/article7479973.ece Viggohytten har brent ned til grunnen]
[http://www.bymuseet.no/?vis=101&spr=no ''Alvøen hovedbygning'' (bymuseet i bergen museene)]
[http://www.bymuseet.no/?vis=82 ''Damsgård Manor'' (bymuseet i bergen museene)]
[http://home.online.no/~olekr-jo/Gravdals_historie_nyere.htm ''Mølledrift og annen virksomhet i Gravdal'' (Ole Kristian Jørgensen)] {{webarchive. link. (2012-10-12)
"''Kvarven fort'' (Mediesenteret ved Høgskolen i Bergen)".

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