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Balestrand (village)

Balestrand- is a village in Sogndal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden, at the mouth of the small Esefjorden. It sits about 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of the village area of Leikanger-Hermansverk and about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) northwest of the village of Vangsnes. The small village of Dragsviki lies about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) northeast of Balestrand, across the Esefjorden. The local Tjugum Church is located there, serving the people of the village of Balestrand.

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The compounded name Balestrand was created by the Norwegian writer Henrik Wergeland as he traveled in Sogn in 1832 and wrote the poem "Framnæs-Balestrand". The first element is the name of the old farm Bale () and the last element is "strand" () which means "beach". The name of the farm is identical with the word bali which means "hillside along a beach". Historically, the village area was also known as Balholm or simply Holmen. ==Media gallery==
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File:Balestrand 01.jpg|Looking at Balestrand from the mountain above File:Kviknes Hotell.jpg|Kviknes Hotel along the water in downtown Balestrand File:Balestrand 2011.jpg|View of Balestrand, including the English Church File:Holmen Balestrand2.jpg|View from the fjord, looking north File:Onderweg Sogndal.jpg|View of the main road leading through Balestrand ==References==
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