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Lavik is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was located in the western part of the present-day municipality of Høyanger, mostly on the northern side of the Sognefjorden. A small part of Lavik was located on the southern side of the Sognefjorden, a narrow strip of land running south around the Ikjefjorden, past the village of Øystrebø, all the way south to the border with Hordaland county. The municipality of Lavik existed from 1838 until 1861 and then again from 1905 until 1964. Upon its dissolution, the municipality was .
Lavik is a village in Høyanger Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The village is located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden, approximately north of the city of Bergen and about west of the municipal center of Høyanger. Lavik is situated about west of the villages of Kyrkjebø and Austreim, and about southwest of the village of Vadheim. In 2001, the Lavik area had a population of about 1000 people, with about 285 living in the village of Lavik.
The village of Lavik has historically been a farming community but it has more recently been developing into a transportation hub along the European route E39 highway, the main highway from Bergen to Trondheim. Lavik is the northern point of the Lavik to Ytre Oppedal ferry served by Fjord1 Nordvestlandske that crosses the Sognefjorden as part of the E39 highway. There are several services in the small harbour area: a snackbar, a pizzeria, a hotel and restaurant on the Sognefjorden. There is also a supermarket, a bank, a service station, and several other shops in Lavik.
The village is also home to Lavik Church and it was historically the administrative centre of the old municipality of Lavik from 1838 until 1861. In 1861, Lavik municipality was merged with Brekke municipality to form Lavik og Brekke municipality. The village of Lavik was the administrative centre of that municipality too, from 1861 until 1905 when the municipality was divided into Lavik and Brekke municipalities once again. The village continued to be the administrative centre of Lavik until 1964 when Lavik municipality was merged into the new municipality of Høyanger. The administrative centre of the new municipality was moved to the village of Høyanger.