Country Norway County Sogn og Fjordane Municipality Luster Municipality Elevation 28 m | Region Western Norway District Sogn Time zone CET (UTC+01:00) | |
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Ornes or Urnes is a village in Luster Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane 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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Map of 6870 Ornes, Norway
There has been a regular ferry route from Ornes to Solvorn, across the fjord, since 1859.
The name
The Norse form of the name was Órnes. The first element is the preposition ór 'out, outstanding' - the last element is nes 'headland, naze'. The common (but wrong) form Urnes is from the time of Danish rule ("Wrnes" 1563, "Vrnes" 1666, etc.).
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Ornes, Sogn og Fjordane Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA