Official Name: | Vikebygd |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Rogaland |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Rogaland county |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Western Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Rogaland |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Haugalandet |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Vindafjord |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 5568 Vikebygd |
Elevation M: | 13 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Coordinates: | 59.5942°N 5.5872°W |
Vikebygd is a village in Vindafjord municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located along the Ålfjorden, about straight west of the village of Ølensvåg. The village was the administrative centre of the former municipality of Vikebygd which existed from 1902 until 1964. Vikebygd is the site of Vikebygd Church. The village is a mostly agricultural area, although many residents commute to the nearby city of Haugesund, about to the southwest.[2]