General Information
Vik was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The original municipality was identical to the Vik parish (prestegjeld) with the sub-parishes (sokn) of Hopperstad, Hove, Arnafjord, and Kvamsøy. On 1 January 1964 the sub-parish of Kvamsøy (population: 363) was transferred from Vik to Balestrand and the sub-parish of Vangsnes (population: 189) was transferred from Balestrand to Vik. Also on this date, the Nybø and Nygjerdet farms were transferred to Høyanger. All these changes gave Vik a total population of 2,623. On 1 January 1992 the sub-parishes of Feios and Fresvik were transferred from Leikanger to Vik. This added 572 residents to the population of Vik.
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