Eivindvik is the administrative centre of the municipality of Gulen

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, 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 on the mainland, along the north shore of the Gulafjord, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of the village of Dingja

Dingja

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 north of the municipal center of Eivindvik. The lake Dingevatn lies directly to the east of the village.Dinja...

 (and 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....

), about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northwest of Dalsøyra

Dalsøyra

Dalsøyra is a village in the municipality of Gulen in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The village is located along the Eidsfjorden, an arm of the Gulafjorden, about southeast of the municipal center of Eivindvik. The population of Dalsøyra was 213. There is a school and a shop in...

, and about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northeast of Byrknes

Byrknes

Byrknes is a fishing village in the municipality of Gulen in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located on the western shore of the island of Byrknesøyna...

. The 0.42 square kilometres (103.8 acre) village has a population (2009) of 265.

This area has an ancient history, since the Gulating

Gulating

Gulaþing is both the name of one of the first Norwegian legislative assemblies or Þing and one of the present day law courts of western Norway.-History:...

 met in this area in the years 900—1300, creating laws which governed most of Western Norway.

Name

The municipality of Gulen was originally named after this village. There have been many spelling variations throughout the past few centuries: Evindvig, Evenvig, or Evenvik. The name of the municipality was officially changed to Gulen on 1 July 1890, but the village name remained as Eivindvik.