# Forvika

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{{Short description|Village in Vevelstad Municipality, Norway}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name          = Forvik
|other_name             = Forvika
|native_name            =  
|nickname               = 
|settlement_type        = Village
|image_skyline          = 
|image_caption          = View of the village
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 11
| mapframe-marker = village
|pushpin_map            = Nordland#Norway
|pushpin_label          = Forvik
|pushpin_label_position = left
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = [Norway](/source/Norway)
|subdivision_type1      = [Region](/source/List_of_regions_of_Norway) 
|subdivision_name1      = [Northern Norway](/source/Northern_Norway)
|subdivision_type2      = [County](/source/Counties_of_Norway) 
|subdivision_name2      = [Nordland](/source/Nordland)
|subdivision_type3      = [District](/source/Districts_of_Norway)
|subdivision_name3      = [Helgeland](/source/Helgeland)
|subdivision_type4      = [Municipality](/source/List_of_municipalities_of_Norway)
|subdivision_name4      = [Vevelstad Municipality](/source/Vevelstad_Municipality)
|timezone1              = [CET](/source/Central_European_Time) 
|utc_offset1            = +01:00
|timezone1_DST          = [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time) 
|utc_offset1_DST        = +02:00
|postal_code_type       = Post Code
|postal_code            = 8978 Vevelstad
|coordinates            = {{coord|65.7153|12.4629|region:NO_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_m            = 2
|elevation_footnotes    = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Forvik, Vevelstad (Nordland) |url=https://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Nordland/Vevelstad/Forvik/ |access-date=2019-02-23 |publisher=[yr.no](/source/yr.no)}}</ref>}}

'''Forvik''' or '''Forvika'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Informasjon om stadnamn |url=https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/865285 |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=Norgeskart |publisher=[Kartverket](/source/Norwegian_Mapping_Authority) |language=no}}</ref> is the [administrative centre](/source/administrative_centre) of [Vevelstad Municipality](/source/Vevelstad_Municipality) in [Nordland](/source/Nordland) county, [Norway](/source/Norway). The village of Forvik sits on the coastline along the Vevelstadsundet [strait](/source/strait), just north of [Vevelstad Church](/source/Vevelstad_Church). Forvik is the southern terminus of the [Tjøtta](/source/Tj%C3%B8tta)-Forvika-[Hamnøya](/source/Hamn%C3%B8ya%2C_Vevelstad) [ferry](/source/ferry) line which is part of the [Norwegian County Road 17](/source/Norwegian_County_Road_17).<ref name="snl">{{Cite web |last=Store norske leksikon |author-link=Store norske leksikon |title=Forvik |url=http://snl.no/Forvik |access-date=2011-11-15 |language=Norwegian}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:Villages in Nordland
Category:Vevelstad Municipality
Category:Administrative centres of municipalities of Norway

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