Eidsvåg, Bergen
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Eidsvåg is a neighborhood in 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 , ....

, Norway, in the borough Åsane
Åsane
Åsane is a borough of the city of Bergen, Norway, making up the northwestern part of the city.It was a municipality in Hordaland county, from January 1, 1904, when it was separated from Hamre, until January 1, 1972 when it was merged with Bergen . The area was developed from mostly farmland to a...

. It is located north of Ytre Sandviken
Sandviken
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, northwest of Jordal
Jordal
Jordal is a neighborhood in the borough of Gamle Oslo in Oslo, Norway.It is a small valley between Kampen and Vålerenga, and the farm Jordal was originally under Nedre Valle. The area was located in Aker until 1878, when it was incorporated into Kristiania . It was known for the brickworks Jordal...

, southwest of Ervik and south of Eidsvågen, an arm of Byfjorden
Byfjorden
Byfjorden is a fjord in the county of Hordaland, Norway. It separates the island of Askøy from the city of Bergen on the mainland. The western entrance to Byfjorden is between Drotningsvik in Laksevåg, Bergen, and Marikoven on Askøy...

. Eidsvåg was the administrative center of the former municipality of Åsane, until the municipal merger in 1972.

The area is mainly residential. It has Eidsvåg School, Eidsvåg Church, a slaughterhouse for Nortura
Nortura
Nortura is a Norwegian agricultural cooperative that operates slaughterhouses and other processing plants related to meat and eggs. The company was created as a merger between Gilde Norsk Kjøtt and Prior Norge in 2006, and has head offices in Oslo...

, a marina and the former Eidsvåg Fabrikker. In 2009, Eidsvåg had 2,965 residents and covered 2.24 square kilometre (0.864868835247278 sq mi).
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