Jostedal

Infobox Settlement
name = Jostedal kommune


settlement_type = Former Municipality
latd=61|latm=35|lats=14|latNS=N
longd=7|longm=16|longs=59|longEW=E
seat_type = Administrative Center
seat = Jostedal
blank_name = Merged into
blank_info = Luster in 1963
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Norway
subdivision_type1 = County
subdivision_name1 = Sogn og Fjordane
subdivision_type2 = District
subdivision_name2 = Sogn
subdivision_type3 = Municipality ID
subdivision_name3 =
blank1_name=Demonym
blank1_info=Jostedøl [cite web|url=http://www.sprakradet.no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskriving_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn/Innbyggjarnamn_I_R/|title=Innbyggjarnamn|publisher=Språkrådet no icon]

Jostedal is a former municipality that is now in the municipality of Luster, Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. Jostedal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). It was merged with Luster on 1 January 1963. (Prior to the merger, Jostedal had a population of 796.)cite web|first=Dag|last=Jukvam|publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå|title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen|date=1999|url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf no icon]

Location

The former municipality consisted of the Jostedal valley. The valley, which empties into the Gaupnefjord at Gaupne. The Gaupnefjord is an arm of the Lustrafjord, which is an arm of the Årdalsfjord, which is an arm of the Lærdalsfjord, which is an arm of the famous Sognefjord.

The river Jostedøla runs through the valley up to its headwaters at the Jostedalsbreen glacier.

The route through Jostedal, Norwegian highway 604, brings one directly to the foot of Nigardsbreen, a tongue of Jostedalsbreen glacier and the museum Breheimsenteret. There is also a glacierbus.

The road through Jostedalen offers some of the most magnificent views of the Norwegian fjord landscape with towering mountains and spectacular waterfalls. At the end of the road is the breath-taking sight of the blue ice at the mouth of the Nigardsbreen glacial tongue.

There are three glacier lakes the Turnsbergdalsvatn, the Nigardsbrevatn and the Styggevatn.

External links

* http://www.jostedal.com
* [http://www.sffarkiv.no/includes/databases/dbatlas_leks/nor/show_img.asp?id=67831&art_id=18199&spraak_id=1&overskrift=1905%20-%20Luster%20kommune%20-%20gamle%20Jostedal%20kommune 1905 Map of Jostedal Municipality]

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