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Ornes, Vestland

Ornes is a village in Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on a small peninsula that juts out into the Lustrafjorden, the innermost part of the Sognefjorden. The village sits on the east side of the fjord, directly across the fjord from the village of Solvorn. Ornes is notable because it is the site of the 12th century Urnes Stave Church.

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The Fjord at Ornes.jpg|Boathouses at Ornes Urnes.jpg|View of the Ornes area Stave church Urnes - panorama HDR.jpg|Stave Church at Ornes, looking across the fjord Urnes - Stavkirke - Extérieur 02.JPG|Front view of the stave church ==Name==
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The Old Norse form of the name was . The first element is the preposition which means "out of" or "outstanding" and the last element is which means "headland" or "". The common historical form Urnes is from the time of Danish rule and uses an older Danish spelling ("Wrnes" 1563, "Vrnes" 1666, etc.). ==References==
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