Dingja
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Dingja is a small village in the municipality of Gulen
in Sogn og Fjordane
county in Western Norway
. The village is located along the Sognesjøen, near the mouth of the Sognefjord
, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of the municipal center of Eivindvik
. The lake Dingevatn
lies directly to the east of the village.
Dinja is home to about 40 inhabitants in the wintertime, but the population grows in summer. Due to the beautiful nature, many people from Bergen
come visiting their cabins in the regions nearby, or stop by in their boats. There is also a tiny grocery store.
Gulen
is a municipality in the southwestern part of Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Eivindvik...
in Sogn og Fjordane
Sogn og Fjordane
is a county in Norway, bordering Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland. The county administration is in the town of Hermansverk in Leikanger municipality while the largest town is Førde....
county in Western Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. The village is located along the Sognesjøen, near the mouth of the Sognefjord
Sognefjord
The Sognefjord is the largest fjord in Norway, and the second longest in the world. Located in Sogn og Fjordane county, it stretches inland to the small village of Skjolden...
, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of the municipal center of Eivindvik
Eivindvik
Eivindvik is the administrative centre of the municipality of Gulen in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The village is located on the mainland, along the north shore of the Gulafjord, about south of the village of Dingja , about northwest of Dalsøyra, and about northeast of Byrknes...
. The lake Dingevatn
Dingevatn
Dingevatn or Dingevatnet is the 18th deepest lake in Norway. It is located in the municipality of Gulen in Sogn og Fjordane county. The lake is located near the village of Dingja, just about southeast of the Sognefjord, and about north of the municipal center of Eivindvik....
lies directly to the east of the village.
Dinja is home to about 40 inhabitants in the wintertime, but the population grows in summer. Due to the beautiful nature, many people from Bergen
Bergen
Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....
come visiting their cabins in the regions nearby, or stop by in their boats. There is also a tiny grocery store.